Sounds to me like you have a fuel flow problem, maybe an air leak too.

Just start at the fuel line and check for flow, then go to the carb and take off the float bowl and turn on the gas and see if there is flow there. If, after you confirm fuel flow to that point, check the jet (where the needle goes into it) you may have chunk of crud in there.

Keep us posted.

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