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you will need several specialized bike tools that will make this cost prohibitive for the DIYer unless you plan on doing more wheels. Most local bike shops can sell you a replacement wheel for between $35 and $50 and remove and reinstall the freewheel, rimstrip, tire and tube and reinflate it for about $8-10. Also the quality of this replacement wheel will be a much higher than the original Huffy wheel.
If you still want to do it yourself, you will need a freewheel removal tool for your specific brand of freewheel or cassette (there are about a dozen different types of tools out there, so make sure you get the right one). You will need a spoke wrench of the right size for the spoke nipples you are using, there are three common sizes and a couple more odd size ones out there. You are looking at about $20-$30 for those tools. You should use a truing stand to true the wheel after the spokes are replaced ($150-$400) but you can "get by" with using the brakes in your bike as a reference. Spokes will run you $1-$2 each. If you don't have a special metric spoke ruler ($10-$15), most LBS's will measure them for free (all bike parts are measured in metric). The details of lacing a wheel and getting the tension right is beyond the scope of this short answer and I recommend that you either try to find a book on the art of wheel building at your local library or buy one off of Amazon ($25-$45), there are several good ones out there and video tutorials also. If you plan on doing more than one wheel then I highly recommend it and take the time to learn the art, there are few of us left out there that can actually build a wheel these days.
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