I think I really scewed up during initial start up...

Oh, the fuel????! Man what a pain in the ***!! I found two leaks, i fixed both... it STILL didn't work! I put on a USED fuel pump... still didn't work. BUT then I did the ol' sucking routine with my mouth and sucked it up to the fuel filter... THEN it finally got up to the carb and it started to finally run.
Well... Till I f'd it up of course (or I think I did?)