when i squeeze them they almost touch n i put 1 of the rings in the cylinder it stays open by a few mm sorry if the pics aren't so clear my phone suckscan't really tell much from the pics - if you squeeze rings around piston with your fingers, do the ends come close to meeting at the locating pins?
or if you take rings off piston and put them in cylinder, do ends come very close to meeting?
yeah, rings don't look that bad, the pic that looks tightest is the one I'd put on top - I'd do something with clutch first
there are many threads here about adjusting cable & clutch - do all the steps
am assuming you mean roll the bike foward with the clutch level locked in place or don't press on the level ?yes, plenty of pad there - they are spread out a bit as the red pads often are, so I like to use a box cutter to trim the edges down a bit to be sure they are going all the way thru the slots to make good contact with both the front & back plate - this is not usually a problem tho
leave cover off and adjust clutch, then push bike forward to see if the clutch will turn the motor - if it doesn't turn motor, then where turning stops is where problem is
do not hold the clutch lever, you want to see how well it grabs (you might want to sit on bike so back tire don't skid instead of turning)
few bikes have room for a pull starter without changing pedal cranks - also, most pull starters break very quickly and do not make a motor easier to start
you are probably dealing with something simple that you just aren't seeing - can you find anyone in your area to look at it for you?