WOW,dint mean to stirr all that up

ill try to answer most of the Q's

first Ron, yes, that is my bearing pusher(i do have a wooden dowl in front though)

Doug, there was no rust, the more i think about it it was that the low speed needle was not far enough out from factory and i broke it in lean, it was out 4 turns but when i started leaning it down after a gallon thru it it died on idle after i screwed it in just half a turn, what im saying is this thing dies on idle if i screw the needle in to 3 1/2 turns out, it should run in more than that imo. i think the 125 is a great engine and i wont give up on it just yet

Jack, i dont know or have the time to address your issues, id just say buy more os's, sounds like they work for you.i have had my saitos deadstick one time on me out of hundreds of flights(400-500) and my 100 has almost all those flights in my ucd 46(god rest its soul)so to be short, my 100 was a great running and lasting engine, this 125 problem is a fluke imo and will be a great engine also after i can get some ceramics in it(they dont make them yet)