Hi Josh, I found the problem, A while back I replaced the secondary clutch and made a new gasket and failed to punch out one hole , the one which leads to the valve head. The pump had quite a bit of rough surfaces which I fixed by planeing with very fine sandpaper lain on my tablesaw top, the clogged screen probably caused the wear. The engine hasn't been running well and I blamed it on the top end problem but it still doesn't idle smooth. It starts easy but it hisitates when I use the throttle and sometimes it shuts off. When idling it speeds up and slows down , I checked the gasket which links the carb. to the head and it's ok. It certainly seems to be the carb , I changed the pump already.