After a lot of doing including remove and clean the carbs new tank fittings, new hoses, new bulb, new....... It still wouldn't run but I noticed a fuel leak (when I pumped the primer bulb)this time around the top of the little fuel filter that's attached to the engine. Well, when I cleaned the strainer in there I took the o-ring out. Yes, I put it back in and tightened it up nicely. What happened is the ring had taken a set after being in there for 10 years and when I put it back I put it in upside down from the way it came out and it was apparently sucking air. I turned the ring back over, put the bowl back on and she runs perfectly. Tried the old tank, hose fitting etc. and they worked perfectly too. Well at least now I have a complete backup fuel system (-:}. I can't believe what all I did because of an upside down o-ring. I think I'll find a supply of NEW ones for the future. With gas spent driving back and fort, parts, etc. that darn little $0.30 o-ring cost me about $100 and 2 weekends I could have been fishing! Thanks for your input on the original question as the sucking air seemed to be the culprit it just wasn't sucking from any of the places I suspected!! Great lessons learned....
