Root LG Vortex Recovery/Rom Question!

[mkpty3]

So I had my phone rooted and everything was fine. And when I tried to flash another Rom onto it my phone got bricked. I fixed it back to stock. I rooted my phone again but I can't seem to get the custom recovery back on it from the "All In One Recovery" thread. But my question is when I use Clockworkmod my phone kind of bricks when I try to recover an old backup I made with the custom recovery. I don't know why it does that, and also when I pick a recovery to flash with clockworkmod which one do i pick? I'm sorry for all the typing but any help would be so appreciated.