if you had enough pressure in the line to spray some fuel out when you disconnected the line, the carb needle must be working fine - it's a surprise when these old carbs don't leak some where, and if you need a regulator the pump is the problem .... use a good straight edge and check the mating surfaces between the horn and bowl body, it's common the screws have been over-torqued in the last 50 years and things are warped, you might need a better gasket there

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics