Thank you Poleman. Whenever I pull the plug out, it is soaked with gas and I can tell that it is just about flooded all the time. Maybe one important thing that I failed to mention is that I bought the saw I am trying to fix off Craigslist. The fuel lines and primer bulb were rotted out of it. I replaced those....and the saw would run, but would bog down in the cut no matter how I adjusted the carb. So.....I have another of these...a 1998 Craftsman with 18" bar. The carb in that one looks identical to the one in the 2000 model, but the 2000 model is 42cc displacement and the 1998 is 36cc. After installing new fuel lines in the older 36cc saw, I couldn't get it to work and ended up buying a chinese carb with a different fuel line config into the carb. Couldn't get that to work and ended up paying a repair guy to fix it with the Chinese Carb.....when I asked him what he did differently from me, he cited "cosmic knowledge." Anyway what I failed to mention is that I rebuilt the older 36cc carb and intstalled it in place of the original 42cc carb in the year 2000 saw (I did not realize there was a difference until yesterday.) That's when I noticed the torn gasket....which I "deduced" was the problem for it bogging down in the cut. Should I take the rebuild parts out of the 36cc carb and rebuild the 42cc carb that was originally in the saw I am having problems with and install it back in its original place? Poleman, I think I cut that gasket right, but if the impulse holes are slightly covered by the gasket sliding downward, would that prevent it from starting? I mean I can even get a chirp out of it. Thanks in advance, Reggie.