OH dear
here is what happened
The rubber hose from the carb to the backfire thing to the place on the intake manifold broke.  So i had a huge vaccum leak.,  I also somehow knocked a spark plug wire off.  So to further muck things up I had my VW buddy at work look at Stupey and turned all the carb screws every were.  I Plugged the wire back and reconnected the manifold hose. I set the volume to 2.5 turns out.   but now stupey is mad and running like .. heck I cant even describe it... but it aint smooth,  I'm sad, Stupey's mad.    SC

What the  $^%%^&&%$$$###$%^  Buy you books, send you to school and you still eat the dang pages !!    #%#$$%$@$  
     For the first time in a long time, I'm at a complete loss for words other than @$*%#@$%$##$%%%^^&^& !!!!!!!!
     Heck No !!   Lets not fix the problem. Hey! here's 13 screws !  Lets turn them all and put a quart oil in !  Dang ! here is 2 or 3 more screws ! Lets twist them and add a quart of oil !    Just for the heck of it,lets add 2 more quarts of oil. There !! almost gotter fixed. Still don't know why it don't run right. You are going to have to look into that. Lets put another quart of oil in !  AAARRRRGGGGGGGGGG #%$$^##&#%^%%^^# :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

Bugtech,  I did change the oil last weekend. How did  you know?  Psychic?  I thought maybe it would help.. I think there is some screws inside the carb that didn't get turned,  Your post was a masterpiece.  Bravo! SC

Psychic ?   Not psychic, just  Scottish.

Wow Anthony.  I invented the BeetleGastankapult..  Dont you think all  those rubber hoses will hold the tank in anyway?

I yanked the carb off tonite and it was empty.  Any body know how the little plastic piece that holds the float down is supposed to go?.  I think I got mine curving out facing the float cutoff pin.  It makes sense that my slow dribble of gas throught the partial shut  float valve was causing me to run great one day and conk out the next.  What do you think? Am I smart or what?  Only took me 11 months to figure that out. By the way, who is Albert Dallison?SC

AHHHHHHHHHH,  STUPIES feels better,  I took the carb apart and reset the screws and then made a airplane out of Stupie and he got better.  Stupie likes laying  dress up.. I even got the flying  machine to idle. Whoopee.  round of something for everyone.  SC

THis post id dedicated to Anthony,
As i got out the wrench and the bolts and the retaining spacers ,  I heard a cry.  I leaned into the trunk and heard.  "I'll be good.  I won't go flying out when you panic stop".    I looked at poor Gastanky and said, " I have to do this for Anthony's sake.  he does not trust gas tanks to stay in the trunk."  But the Stupies gas tank replied,"  I'll be good and I won't stray far from the Stupie..and I promise not to fly into Anthony's back window and blow him to smithereens"...With that, I knew I had to tie him in for his own good, and with a tear in my heart and a pang in my eye
.   Gastanky was rachetted into place,  Never to roam free again.  SC