I love the screwdriver stethoscope!

I dont know how hard it went down, but it's possible that you could have jarred the carbs off of the rubber throats.

Check to see if they are pushed down all the way into the rubber throats, if there's a gap you will have an "intake manifold" leak and she wont run.

As for the clicking... Exhaust leak?

 

i took off the slip on, looked it over, she looks good.

ive isolated the clicking aswell, its coming from the carb area when i pull a little bit on the throttle.

so this has to be some sort of carb problem. i hope one of them is just knocked loose, i really dont know how to synch up all the carbs...but i guess there is only one way to learn. haha

ill keep you updated!

 

I wonder if one of your float retaining pins slid out, falling on the right side is the right direction to cause that... Although I dont know how likely it is, but it's possible...

If you can keep it running for a minute, shut her down and feel the header pipes, if one of them is not hot that will narrow down which carb is giving you a problem.

 

i pulled the carbs to check for any manifold leaks. they were all on pretty tight but i noticed my far right one was a little fouled on the carb side of the rubber. i took a picture and ill post a link.
all the other manifolds were very smooth, this one was rough and dry. i got a wet paper towel and touched them to all of my pipes and they were all hot, so i think they are all firing properly

can you post a picture of what you were talking about, the float retaining pin?



(picture) http://i27.tinypic.com/2pql0rl.jpg

 

fixed it!

turned out to be a loose intake manifold, easy fix.

 

Man, that's what I thought the first time I read this... But I figured it would be less likely than anything else.

D'OH!