How many time have you sent something out to be fixed because you didn't want to mess with it. just to have to fix it yourself in the end.
There is NO "carb shop" with in 200 miles of me. And a carb rebuild shop has enough smarts to clean and install new gasket. GUESS WHAT! I still have the same problem and it's just a cleaned passage carb now NOT WHAT MY PROBLEM IS! Yes i could just by that 1000 dollar carb.....and then, would STILL need to tune it. Just like you, i don't have a big wad of cash to throw at a problem, so i spend more money, a little at a time, and learn something. And with the help of this forum. I'm doing just that.
Thank you Everyone!!!!