I allways said that OMC should have drug tested their engeneers for some of the ideas they came up with. 
  
As far as teh carb bases being warped, I've had good luck sanding them flat on a hard surface with adhesive backed sand paper , you have to let part of the body hang over teh edge
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
	
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