Hello: I want to thank all of you who gave me valuable information as to how to make my 300 J start. I want to let you know that I learned lots of things just reading the e-mails and going back to the car and identifying the things you were making reference to. I related all the information to my friend who helped me at the beginning to try to start the vehicle. He has been busy due to Christmas from his business and has not had much time to get to my place and work on the car. Just to keep you all updated, I start the car every 2-3 days, and the only way to do it, is to open both carbs and put either starter fluid or gasoline, and that seems to always work (I made you aware of my little knowledge on mechanics). Then I drive it around the block and park it, and it will start again later on if I crank it. However, I noticed more and more that there is a heavy gas smell almost constantly. Hopefully my friend will come by soon to look at the car, or else, I will bring a mechanic. Any more information from you folks is appreciate it. Thanks again, and I hope this year turns out to be great to all of us. Dee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]