Thanks for the replys. I am thinking that the carb is warped. Even if the float is not closing gas still shouldn't pour out between the 2 halves of the carb where the gasket is. Unless I am missing something??
I have another carb that I don't think is warped (didn't leak out the sides only through the throttle slide)so I am going to swap out all of the new parts into the other carb. Hopefully that'll work.


It's my first 51!