OH Well, I decided to sleep on the couch with my two labradors today, so I ordered a bunch of new parts for the carb, plus some other stuff.
I did however install 2 inline shut off valves, tucked neatly inside the frame, leaking fuel makes me really nervous so for $10 I bought some peace of mind, besides, it looks better than a couple hemostats and the battery hanging out of the side.

So, later in the week when the parts show up I will go after it again.

I may just change things out to a later model carb and manifold if I cant clear this up....Anybody have a decent later model spare they want to get rid of?

Steve