You're holding the barrel/throttle just cracked open with that piece of wire when setting the 5 3/8 turns out?
Regarding that 5 3/8 turn setting, my broken in engines both do well at something just under 5 turns, so that's where I started setting mine after having one apart for some reason. Also, I was working with somebody on another forum, and apparently there's a revision in the instruction manual now being supplied, for a new suggested setting of 4 1/4 turns (vs. the original 5 3/8). Just food for thought. -Al