What a great post colmo. Thanks for the positive commecnts and thanks for your earlier advice regarding my poor choice of flying site.

A note to all would be self teachers - MAKE SURE YOUR FIELD IS BIG ENOUGH - YOU WILL NEED DOUBLE THE SPACE YOU THINK YOU WILL.

I'll try the richer carb setting and see how she flies. What you say all makes sense and fits into my problem, since hte engine does feel very hot and after stoppiing it always restarts fine a few minutes later once cooler. All the fuel lines are clear so it must be this.