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RustRunner:
Lefty:The bike has sat for about 3-4moth but ran before that 1 time when the owner I bought the bike from was testing to make sure it fired up, before making his purchase (I believe the bike sat a while before that as well).
The carb is what I was thinking too. I didn't know they came in anything other then the aerosol cans I have bought.  Should remove the diaphragm, needle (with the rubber tip) and plastics floats before soaking? I have here carb cleaner eats through rubber product very quickly... also is there any advantage to boiling it? a friend of mine did this to his chevelle's carb with positive results. Alos anything I should be keenly aware of when dismantling this guy? I have never see this push/ pull system before...

I also now the starter needs help- I wave never messed with one of theses before so any advice or direction to info on assessing and rebuilding this would be incredibly helpful. Are those ebay rebuild kits worth anything?

Triguyracer: I would like your life, or at least your garage. Thank you for the encouragement, its good to know I won't be in uncharted waters anymore. And yes, there is a lot of really good info on this forum already.

Lefty:
You will see as you dismantle the carb what needs cleaning( I am a FIRM believer in soaking versus spraying) and what shouldn't , I.E., any diaphram. 9 times out of 10 it's the jets that "varnish" from old gas & fuel can not get through.
If you are mechanically inclined, the starter is pretty easy to figure out, especially if you've got the manual. Take it apart & you will most likely seewhat the problem is. It's usually parts that need cleaning & lubricating, or the flywheel teeth are ground down so badly that the smaller gear no longer is able to spin it(my flywheel had worn gear teeth that looked fairly bad when I first opened it up, but after some tlc, the starter works 98%, only slipping once in a blue moon), but more than likely your problem isn't the flywheel.
Good luck, and post up your results, Lefty.

triguyracer:
Remove the plastic float and any other plastic or rubber parts before soaking in carb cleaner.if you are using just spray cleaner you will not harm the floats or any rubber orings and such The starter button on the handlebars would be the first place I would check if you are having intermintent starting issues,my starter button needed a good cleaning to work good and make a good connection.Many times if you use a electric contact cleaner u will be able to make the contact connection clean without disassembling the part ,just make sure and use a electric cleaner and not something else so you don't damage your electric parts

RustRunner:
Good to know about the plastic and rubber, thank you. Ill go pick some up today, now the starter was given to me already out of the housing with one of the bolts to mount it snapped, the previous owner had to bump start it every time so... I'll clean out the starter switch too, but I am almost certain its more then then just those contacts being dirty.
 Also any idea on how to wire an ignition switch- that is the only part I don't have and will need to order. I was looking at this one:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferris-5100021-Scag-48798-Toro-83-0020-Replacement-Switch-6-Terminals-2-Keys/151087071900?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31193%26meid%3Dc8319123a3654bb7bc49b80a0baaefb0%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dag%26sd%3D151689146093&rt=nc

Lefty:
Looks pretty sketchy, but you have the manual- if it were me, I''d look for a Honda Switchbecause the color coding & terminals will most likely match up to what you see in the manual & wiring diagram.
Do a search on Ebayfor the FT500, but also CB, XL model switches too, there's plenty out there.

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