WELL after finally figuring out where the ball and spring are.....I messed it up. I thought it was something internal inside the carb...it kinda is BUT if you take off the choke rail and didnt know it was there then you could easily loose this piece.
In other words....while trying to figure out the backfiring I noted a drip of gas from the left side carb where the choke entered the carb. Look like a nut that could be tightened around this area (compression fitting is what I thought). So I removed the two ends of the choke slide to try and get to the nut (which is not really a nut u can tighten....seemed rubber or plastic). Anyways I must have not noticed this and it fell out.
SH#@$@$!@$!@T, DA!#@#@!n and a few other words...
