Sam,

According to AI, that is exactly what they did when they replaced the reeds....

When I get home today I plan on digging a little deeper to make sure it things that were listed on the work order were actually done. I'm convinced it is either a carb problem or air leak between the carb and engine considering everything else that I and AI have done...

I'm almost thinking the reeds have a problem like not closing fully.

I still appreciate the info though.