First, thanks everyone for the repleys, I'll be working on this more over the weekend. I did look tonight at the feul and it looks o'k. I also removed the glow plug (it is the original) and pluged it in the battery and the glow was noticably smaller than a new one, a #8 but I do not know if the old one is a #8 but that is what towwer hobbies recomended when i ordered the plane

Stick jammer, I have a o.s. .40 LA. I've run 1.25 quarts through it so far of 10%. The person at the store told me it would start better in the soon to be cold winter weather. I asumed it would also run better and was in a bit of a hurry so did not ask any more questions. It also seemed most of the club members run 15%.