Nice work so far. Always an old tank to send dirt back into the carburetor!! Always get into the habit of putting an in line filter after an old skunky sitting tank. Anyway I'm sure you did a great job on the carburetor cleaning. Did you pull the air fuel screw completely out and clean it good? I assume you used pressure to blow out all ports and jets. Did you mix the two jets up (main and pilot) some carburetors have the jets threaded alike and will fit in the wrong place. Ive done it before. I know the air fuel screw was set at 2 turns out and being set there would allow the engine to start but go back to the manual and verify the set point on the screw. Or go 2-1/2 turns out and see what happens or in 1-1/2 etc. Double check your choke is operating properly and was put back together the right way. Lastly two things. 1. make sure your float is set at the right height. It could be starving for fuel. 2. you could have done everything right and all this could be caused by a fouled plug. Put a fresh one in. Don't try and clean its not worth it.

On a side note, i replaced the brushes on my starter, they were $10 off eBay and it worked. The symptoms of the starter was it was going slow, or not at all unless you tapped it. IF....you take your STARTER....apart, put a line down the side. I haven't taken motor theory class yet but, it was reverse polarity twice after i put it together, i guess i had the magnets in the wrong spot.

I went and hooked the jumper cable to the starter post and it started right off then I took the long starter cable loose from the solenoid and hooked the jumper from the starter post to the solenoid end of the cable and it started so then I took the battery out and checked the cells and found one cell completely dead with the others about half charged and this is after I had charged the battery the end of this week.I don't know if you can check a small battery with a load test but that is my next move. Advise if I'm on track. Thanks Oh yes and I should say I got the battery just last summer but that doesn't mean it can't still go bad.

No. Bottom line is this, if you jump the lugs on the solenoid the starter should spin! Unless there is a problem with the big wire going to the starter (which i doubt) then it should spin. You can take a jumper wire and go from the positive terminal on the battery and touch the lug on the starter itself to see if she spins. If not then there is a bigger problem within the engine. But one step at a time. Report back please.