Thanks everyone's posts including the ones telling me to stop whining were helpful. I want to clarify one thing: Dale was very helpful since day one. We were in contact by e-mail and by phone, he sent me a long email to help me understand the fine tuning process. I was excited to try and get his kit right for my Fe450e at my conditions/elevations. even though I have little technique (remember the pencil :lol: :cry
and can't sort thru the issues, I thought I was getting there, but then that valve adjust day happened and it seemed all my efforts were now gone haywire........and I could not sort it out. It was a major accomplishment for me to get back to sqaure one. That is the success story here.
I still have Dale's kit, I do remember that brighter feel that first day. I liked that. I found the initial settings too lean and I dropped the clip two places that day. WE suspected I need a 160 mj not the 150 we started with, but then the other day with the valve adjust and poor running freaked me out, still don't know what happened........for now I need a calm six months of ownership before venturing into that carb again............I bet this summer with warmer temps the jetting I have may show it's weaknesses at elevation, I may start to play with it again.
