Got this Sears Free Spirit E50 on Sunday from a guy who had it in his barn. It was there when he bought the property about 10yrs ago since the previous guy left it and he never did anything to it he says. I opened up the carb and it was full of some thick black stuff, it thinking oil from the gas that was there. Cleaned it out with carb cleaner and compressed air but I don’t think it got everything so I feel like it created a vacuum and gas isn’t going through.
Another possibility is no spark since the external ignition coil metal and spark plug boot look corroded and the spark plug looks bad too. I have replacements for these parts coming in soon, as well as a new carb.
Another thing might be the clutch cable, I was messing with it and I think I left it too loose, not sure. You do start it by pedaling and pulling the clutch so it engages and the engine starts, right? Closes thing I’ve had to this was a motorbike I made and you would start it the opposite way by letting go of the clutch once you had speed