Well guys,
Starter's back together again. I decided not to replace the brushes since there was more than half of the wear area left. Will save those for next time.
I went with the orientation of the inside of the switch that made sense (as shown in previous post) and
reinstalled the starter.
Hit the pedal and.....nothing....
Forgot to reinstall the pedal linkage. Ooops...fixed that and...
She starts up on the first press and several thereafter. No more growling, no more complaining.
Thanks for all the advice and assistance.
Jim