I tried what you said with the break lever ans sure enough that was it. Very neat. Thanks a million. I can use the bike now !! I am going to ride down to the beach in a bout 1/2 hour. Hopefully it will survive the ride.
Any idea how I can raise the handlebar? It has a hexagonal bolt in the middle(top) and two more nuts/bold to its side. It doesn't seem obvious which one I have to loosen to raise the handlebar. I know, another novice question
Thanks again.

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