Thank you all for the great feed back. Here is where I am at now...I went to lightly beating on the fuel pump with a brass hammer. Mike B's post get me to beating...I didn't get too crazy and everything is still working. I will say that after beating on the fuel pump a bit the fuel lever in the bowl did rise from 1/8 to 1/4 inch and the engine seems to pop a little less at high rpm. One thing that is very noticeable is that at high RPM there is come cavitation in the filter...almost like there is air getting in to the fuel system.
