There is a tiny link between the lever on the throttle shaft & the verticle lever that the pump hooks to. It is known to fall out. It has hair pin clips retaining it. Sounds like your problem is with the pump itself. Take the top off the carb & take the link out of the pump lever & remove the pump. If its leather sometimes it has to be soaked in oil & messaged a little. Work it manually & see if it will squirt a good stream of gas in there. Check the float level like it says in the manual. Make sure the power valve piston goes up & down & pushes the ball off its seat. There is a small freeze plug in the side of the carb top. If it is missing it can cause a bad vacuum leak. If the acell. pump is working you should bev able to pump it enough to get it started with out putting a hand over the carb. If you get it started & it still runs lousy you have to work on the rest of the problems.
