Well I took it apart and the clip was in fact in the third position and I moved it up to the second. This made starting much easier but when I turned the choke off it would run for about 30 seconds and seemingly runs out of gas. I did this three times. So far I've built up seven bikes I think and never had one give me fits like this one. I'm sure its somthing simple that I'm missing but right now I'm feeling like a FNG...Kelly

PS The taper looks fine, its about 45 degrees all the way around the point. Thanks everyone for the help.

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