red58 and others,
The thermostat point is well taken! As you can see by my previous post I hardly ever got to 180 degrees. I takes too long to get there. So, maybe I've either got the wrong thermo or I'm not patient enough to get her warmed up. It takes forever, it seems, to get to that temp. Maybe my fuel/air mixture is too rich. The only way you get a hot flame is with a lean mixture and the right amount of air. So, if I'm running under 180 degrees I may be running too rich, right? Does that make sence?


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