Pulled My Narrow Front B Out Of The Weeds

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   It has set out behind without being started for several years. It was a 1938 crank start that I converted to electric start and put a distributor on it. I had put a half can of Seafoam in the gas tank when I took it out back. After pulling it close to the house it has set for about a month. I was sure the battery would have been froze but when I took the lid off the battery box it had not bulged out. I hooked up the battery charger and it was not shorted out. I took my lighted screwdriver type handle test light and checked power at the starter switch and it was hot. I checked then at the coil with the switch on and it did not light. I took the switch box cover off and I only had power on one side of the switch. I put on a new switch and then had power on both sides of the switch and when checking the coil I had power. The sediment bowl had a little brown thick stuff in the bottom. I removed the glass bowl and opened the valve and a trickle was coming out the center. I took the valve out and it gushed out there. I rinsed the glass bowl with the old gas and took a dental pick and dug around in the center bottom hole and a little piece of gunk came out and it was gushing from both places. I screwed the valve back in and drained the remaining old gas out. I put the glass bowl back on and put a gallon of fresh gas in the tank. The starter switch is rusted and will not engage so I remover the two screws and dropped it down out of the way. With the battery charger on for power to the distributor I used my 12 volt jump start battery to run the starter. I took the air breather cap off, after finding the choke would not move, and put the palm of my hand over the pipe as I put power to the starter. After about ten revolutions it started. When I took the battery charger off it died. I just put an old battery in it that will not take a full charge but does have enough power to run the tractor. It now starts instantly as does my C. 
I thought some might be interested in the steps I took.

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