Flew back a couple of days ago and decided to give the engine another go. Out of desperation, I flushed the carb again, put in an "R" plug and got some fresh fuel.

Took the advice here and reset all my needles to 1 1/2 turns out. Filled up the carb with fuel and surprise, surprise, the engine started on the 3rd or 4th attempt! It did seem to be running way too rich so I leaned it out. After about half a dozen starts and a little fiddling, I got it slightly rich - idleing at about 2,300 and peaking at almost 7000 with a Menzs 17 x 8 prop.

Fiddled a little more with the needles then I just couldn't get the engine started again!

So I'm thinking I have a carb/tuning problem.

When the engine first started, there was fuel all over it. Then as it came on tune, it started real easy. I couldn't really flood the cylinder even with fuel dripping out the carb. The first time I got it started, I resorted to squirting fuel directly into the carb.

Thereafter, each time I started it, I did notice that the engine would be starting a little lean (very high rpms), then seem to ease slightly as it got more fuel through the carb. I figure the engine is getting air and heat (cuz the plug is sparking), so it must be that its not getting enough fuel to run.

So I'm guessing the engine, EI and spark plugs are ok, but there's something amiss with my carb that doesn't allow fuel through properly.

Am I on the right track? Thanks.