you guys are great! I actually just got it fired up, finally got it up on the pipe and idling... i think it just needed to breathe a bit... *shrug* but it seems to run pretty well... I in fact did not replace any gaskets, but did check to make sure that nothing was near any holes... it seems to be the biggest problem.... keep the info coming, but I think its gonna be airbound within a couple months! I do plan on replacing the bearings, though I wanted to make sure it ran before I spent a boatload of money on it...

-Andy

the actual owners manual would be great... thank you!