little horse,
I just looked at a exploded view of your carburetor, and there doesn't seem to be much going on in that gasket area between the float bowl (belly) and the base.
The accelerator pump rod goes through the casting near that area..I wonder if it could be leaking down and making it appear to be leaking in the base area.
I remember a little soft plug of some sort in the base of the float bowl (I think), but don't know if this could leak.
Regardless of what is leaking internally, the gasket on the bowl to base junction should NOT allow any fuel to reach the outside.
This might be a job for CARBKING....
Stuart
