It was the starter, and mercifully only the starter. The coil tested well within the specs. I rebuilt the old Bosch starter, which I was surprised was so easy to do, with a $24 kit. Rather than using a bent wrench to remove the lower mounting nut, I access it with a 6" extension socket on a ratchet wrench from under the gas tank.
I still haven't figured an easy way to install two screws under the engine tin shroud. I can get them off easily enough, but holding the tin up and lined up with the threaded hole while holding and turning the hex head screw is a challenge for adult sized fingers.
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