After spending my saturday working on my new blaster the longest I was able to get it running was for 30 sec. It keeps backfiring every once and a while and im only able to start it at half throttle when it does start. Theres about 2 mm gap between the clear flaps and the cage on the bottom side, at the edge. On the top side the screws are very loose. There was also 2 gasket between the reed cage and the jug but nothing between the intake tube and reed cage. The previous owner broke a bolt inside the the jug that holds the tube and reed cage to the jug. Let me know if there should be a gap between the reeds and the cage.