Dear Maxam - I have read the 777 forum almost entirely and have learned a lot! In fact, I ordered a small (quiet) aquarium pump based on your posts - the air movement to evaporate the water sure makes sense! I have mixed ATF with my air tool lube and that should help too. Not sure what else I can do other than making sure no fuel is left in the crankcase. On another subject, I now have about 45 minutes of run time on the new 777 and turning the engine over seems very good (compared to the initial crunchy feel). My one troubling observation deals with the engine dying after advancing the throttle more than about 1/4 of the way. I am using large fuel tubing, the clunk seemed to be of the large variety (although I did not drill it out--yet), and I can't think of any other constriction that would cause fuel starvation. Perhaps I don't have enough time on the engine to be concerned yet, but, I haven't noticed any improvement regarding this aspect. One other observation was the red gasket on the needle valve seemed to have been torn slightly when I first got the engine - in fact, the needle valve was partially unscrewed to the point where the gasket was visible. The set screw that is to hold the needle valve extension was missing too - HH sent a carb rebuild kit that contained the 3mm set screw and a few gaskets - I plan on replacing the needle valve gasket but haven't done that yet. Any comments are certainly welcomed and appreciated. Temperature here in PA today hit 42 - maybe spring really IS just around the corner. Thanks for all of your insight, Maxam!