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Thanks everyone.....going to pull the starter and fixed the busted bolt...do not want to grind teeth off the flywheel.

Looks like I have some checking to do and start crossing things off the list untill it is narrowed down to whats happening.

I need to do some experiments to see where I am at on the carb.....some tunning, vac guage , choke settings etc and see what is happening,,,....very well could be the pcv valve as I have not checked it yet..........

I appreciate all the input!

Well, a part step further now......got the starter pulled and discovered why the bolt broke off.

Someone had put a 1/4 inch bolt with washers on the bottom and washers and a nut on top in a 3/8ths hole..... Seems the starter was torquing just a little bit on each start,apparent from the nice shiny witness marks, it was bending the one correct bolt back and forth each start untill it gave way.

Unfortunatly it broke off about 1/4 inch up in the hole on the bellhousing...good news is it looks good up there, no rust, so I ordered a set of heli coil left hand bolt removers to give them a try and the second good news is the hole with the incorrect bolt in it looks good, good threads.

I like it when things go good and smooth......was not easy, but it went smooth!

Drilled into the broke bolt with a set of alden industrial bolt removers and after a few rest beaks,drilling straight up over head is not easy, it backed right out of the hole........found the correct starter bolts and just finished putting it back together.

It fired right up and purred like a kitten, much much better idle after the carb rebuild..........now I can start back in on the tune process!