sounds like the safety feature one of the bulbs, brake sensors, horn or bypass was backward could be the wiring on the ht coil-ground, blue wire, the taps pullin out, but with the carb flooding i would say its the float or your needle not seating or your carb slide isnt connecting with the choke and the choke slide may have fallen or your choke is down when for the bing its pulled up for off try putting it back in you said you took it out i think it may have to do something with the idle circuit it would seem like the next logical step...