pics please of your holley 1920 set up and linkage

oh yeah, I've done 2 weeks of spark testing. Finally got the timing near and it fired up the other night and ran very rough for a fed minutes. The "blades" im talking about is the main discharge nozzle inside the chamber that has to other small tubes intersecting it. I replaced the economizer valve also. I bought a holley 1920 rebuild kit from advance auto and had to have it shipped to my house. It had 3 diaphragms in it that all looked identical to me. The lock screw took hold and snugged up. The float is good and I did attempt to adjust it to 11/16 per the L-shaped small plastic gauge it came with. Here is my plan (with a few questions thrown in)...

I'm going to run 5/16 fuel line from pump to 1 gallon can w/ clean gas to get her fired up (I hope)
I'll change the inline filter
Remove the carb
remove fuel bowl
readjust float to 11/16 using drill bit as gauge
remove and recheck the diaphragm and replace the screws (#8 fine thread)
put it back together
replace w/ thick insulator
put carb back on
and attempt to refire

Now, the butterfly and choke I have a few questions about and I have the 1920 Holley rebuild manual and online resources and I'm a little confused. If I cant get it running to readjust the choke, then how should I do that part?

When it is in normal starting operation like nothing had ever happened, should the butterfly be open or closed?