It runs! 
thanks to the help of a guy with more skill than me,, the green machine is back to life.. crank seals, more tank cleaning,, and setting points..
here's my next question.  To be road worthy at more tham 20 mph, she needs new tires and the back brakes stick if used.  I live in a really remote area.. how do-able is this myself?  I would rather load it up and go to a shop around 100 mi away.  
I have to get the headlamp working too.. I have a 6w halogen replacement I think should do on the way..

With a decent set of tyre levers, and a few basic tools to remove the wheels, it isn't too difficult and with the wheels off you can change the brake shoes and lube/grease up the brake pivots.
If you haven't already downloaded the manual, it should be in the tech library.
I'd order replacement inner tubes and a puncture repair kit in case you pinch the tube.

Yes, you can do it. We can help. I've done probably a dozen tires, and I only wrenched myself once. Change tires on a day when you can leave them outside in the sun all morning. Get them good and hot, like almost too hot to touch. They get really pliable that way. And I use three levers, or spoons we call them here in the states. Take note of how they are shaped, and make sure, then, that you go spoon bowl toward the tire to get under the bead and lift the tire up and over the rim, and use the spoon bowl down against the rim to lift the bead up and over the rim to install the new tire. Get one spoon under the old bead and then tuck that lever into/under a spoke. A foot away, do that again with a second spoon. Again, proceed about a foot, and repeat with the third. The second spoon, now in the middle, should become loose, and you can leapfrog until you raise one side of the tire completely off the rim. Easy peasy after that.
There are several good youtube videos on the subject, too.

This is a very good tire mounting tool. I put the wheel on a large trash can.

www.bajanopinch.com/baja-no-pinch-ultimate-tire-tool-kit/