Yeppers. Re-jetting the carb and doing the spacers. I got 3 screws on the top to break loose, the 4th started to strip out. So I stopped and I got an impact thingy from Harbor Freight and promptly broke the corner off (I didn't have a bench vise to hold the carb).  Thank God for JB Weld. It might not be pretty when I'm done, but hopefully it'll put gas in the engine.

That IS fuel proof, not fool proof.
& FWIW, I didnt have a vise TILL I made it a point to get one. Theres a reason people have a vise, like any other tool. I now have 2, one old fat clunky thing & a smaller on that twists & turns all kindsa ways. HF has a nice little vise for about $30.00. & when youre working on building something that requires a constant "grind, file, fit" cycle to get it right, stick vise grips in the vise, then you can clip it in & pop it out real quick.