Ok, I got my ir detect to work on a pic 16f84a the secret is to ignore all of the internet info out there that suggest op amps comparators. The pic is smart enough to read a slightly variable input (you might have to pull up of down the port). and job is done. After all was working It still bugged me that I could not get the 741 op-amp working so I spent the night playing with diffent combinations of resistors and leds untill I thought I figured this little sucker out of course I will be wrong ...but I can tell you that the fence circut works.
Thank again for the speedy help
Snap