Stu, thanks for the info. Actually, I stopped by the parts store I frequent and I asked them the same question as I posted about the advance. And when the guy told me about the mechanical one, I remembered all about it. I'm the guy that restores (and learns more and more each time) a ride, sets it up, then never messes with it again because I got it right where I want it. So the last time I had to set up an engine was like 4 years ago. So I forgot a lot of the small stuff.

But I re-timed it this morning and it was like night and day difference. Somehow, after I timed it at about 10 deg BTDC, when I timed it today, it was back to 0. Weird. The dist was tightened down well so I have no idea. I guess whatever it was worked itself out when I re-timed it at 10.

I also used the front-side vaccuum port (the one near the bowl on the passgr. side of the carb) instead of the one on the bottom-front of the carb. That seemed to help a lot since that one only pulls when the butterflys are open.

But thanks for the reply and if you know of anywhere with some good tips on the internet, let me know.

Thanks,

Scotty B.