ok, as you can tell, I have not had time to take off the cover. I am still having that same problem with keeping it started in the morning or after it has been sitting for a while. It will start just fine, run well for a few seconds..then die. It takes about 4 of these tries and then it will run fine (might have already gone over this, but just thought I would say it again). Some of my buddy's were saying there is a "flap" that keeps the gas from draining out of the motor...is that true? I started it for them and they said that it seemed to be a fuel delivery problem. What do you guys think? It does run fine after I start it up a few times.