Just want to say thanks to everyone's input. Thinking about the trimming suggestion makes sense. I've had the motor all the way down the whole time. And yes I have noticed my battery not charging, pulled the cowling and was looking the motor over and checking spark plug condition, in the process I noticed a light somewhat oily / tacky film had ran down from the top of the motor, taste test definately not premixed fuel. I'm going to pull / test the rectifier and hope I don't have a stator problem. The stator is a 2 wire from what I've noticed.