Piston, jug and head is on. Took the reeds out to look at them and they're both cracked. I believe someone else is this thread said the same thing happened to them. I hope this $32 fix wasn't my problem all along lol. So anyway I'm gonna get some reeds and jets today and hopefully it'll be running soon.
No, your money wasn't wasted.
My KTM powered Blaster started and ran on this reed. Both sides were this bad.
It took a couple more kicks to get started and wouldn't idle well when cold but otherwise ran fantastic, especially at high speed.
Cause was silty water ingestion.
Steve