Well the engine has seen better days and I fear I have caused the problems.
First I messed with the Weber the PO had installed and that seems to have been the start of my problems back in 07 or so.. I then paid someone to find the mouse nest and they claimed they had taken the heater out and removed it. I later found out they never did that. IDK what if anything they did. I blew the balancer belt but did not know I had because it kept running. I had no idea about the balancer. Anyway one day several years ago I was driving north to get some lumber and blew the head gasket from over heat. got it towed home and that is when I found out about the balancer and started doing my own work. I also found out the heater valve did not work. So that is how I determined the guy never took the heater out or he did and did not bother to check the thing worked right when he refilled the thing with coolant. I replaced the head with new bolts and started paying closer attention. IDK what my MPG was before but right now its low 200 miles per tank with a 2.0 motor!. I still get trouble starting it and have to pour gas into the carb if I let it sit a few days even since I put in the electric pump. I have a new Weber in it and I have not messed with it at all. I suspect something is wrong with the motor or how I have it set up. I also have replaced the dizzy and coil in the last couple years. I would like to just rebuild it or put in a long block and get a new intake as well. Maybe next year.