Thank you for your reply, yes I have checked the compression and it is perfect. Also, 500 miles since major overhaul. Runs great, I drive it everyday when the weather is good but it is just very hard to start when the engine is hot. I changed the carburetor, remanufactured from Kaiser Willys, I insulated the fuel line thinking it might be vapor lock but that did not help. It seems to be flooding but I cannot figure out why.