Hi Paul,

>>Forgot to order with the Menz cut so will have to do considerable cutting to fit my 20X10 APC prop.

>>....do you have any suggestions of how I could re-balance it?

My advice would be to send it back and get the one cut by Tru-turn...unless you're really confident you can do a perfect job. The balance is really important, and again I suggest you send it back to Tru-turn if possible.

If you do decide to cut it yourself(many people do), you can balance spinners with some prop balancers. I've done it in the past, but not recently. I believe you can do it with the Dubro balancer, but I'm not sure of others. You're right that balancing is very important to a smooth running setup.

>>it takes 2 extra washers plus Taurus stock spacer to even get close to tightening the prop. Was yours that way?

Yes, but two washers were enough in my case. I would recommend shortening the bolt. Just thread a nut over the bolt, cut off the a 1/4" or so, smooth out and slightly taper the end of the bolt, then back the nut off and the threads should be fine....unless of course you have a die and then just use that.

>>There was also an aluminum spacer with the kit that is the same size as the bolt but to small for the shaft (back plate is correct size for the shaft) Just curious why it was included.

No idea. You shouldn't need that for anything.

>>the closest I could get the spinner back plate to the cowl is 3/8" of an inch which is very disappointing.

I can't help you here since I didn't use the stock setup as you know. I would call Taurus and ask them if they have a shorter mount. They do make the mounts in different sizes.

>>A picture of you manual choke set-up with be helpful if you would be so kind.

I didn't do the manual choke on mine, though in hindsight I wish I had. Write [email protected] and ask if he has a picture of his.

BTW Paul, you're welcome to write me directly at [email protected] if you have DP/Taurus specific questions. That way we won't bore the rest of the people in this thread.