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Check to make sure you put the gov rod in the correct hole.

Well the round orange or black seals are used with plastic intake manifolds and the cardboard / paper type are used with metal type intakes. Best to get new rubber o rings at local mower shop. If reusing them use a tiny amount of silicone sealer. Just a little.

Maybe if you have enough room just add a small inline fuel filter with new hose and hose clamps.

Second pic because you need enough room to install the gov linkage also.

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A bad pto switch can be the problem or a broken wire end inside the pto switch harness. Look closely at each gold color wire end foe a 1/2 missing tab.

The ignition switch is bad. Replace with the correct switch not one that looks the same!

Wire ends do break inside pto harness plug! Look closely and maybe you will see half the gold wire end missing.

A bad pto switch will not let the motor crank, just sayin.

Just you a socket with a opening bigger then the armature, put it inside brushes and push into place.

A backfire is a pop sound coming out of the carb bore, not really the muffler. What you have going on is either a problem with the muffler coming apart internally or a exhaust valve or seat problem. If you do a good clean carb like you said I would check for these issues.

Sounds like one of the valve guides are backing out of the head or valve seat is loose. Do compression test, should have 120psi or better.

You need to remove the black plastic lock on mixture screw and remove needle to clean port also. Don't forget to replace rubber orange intake seal at the head along with other gaskets. Or maybe just replace carb with a new carb.

If valves are adjusted right at .004 and stops cranking the compression release built onto camshaft is broken. Needs to be replaced along with case gasket and lower seal. It only takes about 2 hours to do if lower pulley slides off.