[tcthomp66]

UPDATE: I put the two-stage filter together with a bypass on the petcock, and was able to start and run around the neighborhood last night. Once the replacement parts get here, I'll be able to do a permanent fix.

In the mean time, I think I'm back to my original issue. When I test-started it on the center stand this morning, I was getting excessive smoke out of it. I checked the oil, and it was actually pushing back out of the filling point. Now when I originally drained the oil (it had gas in it), I only got about half a quart of fluid. I suspect that something was going on that prevented the rest of the oil from draining. I'm going to change the oil again this afternoon. Does anyone have any further insight on what might cause this?

Also, I bought this used from someone who was trying to do their own maintenance and apparently did some epic fails... anything and everything is suspect.