G'Day Lee!

He speaks the Queen's English. Ours has been "de-tuned" rather savagely and turned into something that's mostly slang and abbreviations in common communications. You just have to visit his country!!! It's an absolutely wonderful place that brings awe to the eyes and culture to the mind everywhere you go. I just have to go back one of these days! Don't order Fosters when you visit a pub. They have some absolutely superb beers over there and Fosters is not one of them. Even their Guiness is much better than ours. Oh, the sheilas are gorgeous and in the back areas take rather kindly to a Yank accent.

Better not to close off the opening in the choke plate. An engine has to have some air to get started with, and closing it off causes easier flooding. I'd tighten up the screws on both carb cover plates and see if that helps. Perhaps check the carb bolts for tightness as well. Definately look for air leaks in the tank plumbing and lines to the carb. I had two of the 3MM's for test purposes and both drew fuel when choked quite well.

I've revised my idle tuning rpm down to a max of 2,000. 3,000 puts the engine a little too close to the transition point for the low to high needle change over.