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hello all,my carb is leaking gas around the lower half and I've changed out carbs 2 times already with the same results I know I'm not giving much info here but I'm extremely not mech inclined the gas looks like it's coming out around the part that accelerates (gas pedal connects to)so I hope someone out there understands and can help thanks in advance all
Bill

Were you changing to used carbs or professionally rebuilt ones? If you've been trying used carbs,it sounds like the throttle shafts have too much wear. If your engine idle is unstable,You probably have a vacuum leak too.You might be able to find a carburetor rebuilder that can repair that by replacing the shaft and installing bushings on each side of the carb where the shaft goes through,to make it a proper fit.
If you installed rebuilt carbs,the rebuilders may have "shortcutted" them by not checking/repairing the wear on the throttle shaft. If they were new carbs,that'd be a definite warranty deal. For that matter,even a rebuilt carb should be replaced free if that problem shows up when you install it.
Speed

The 1st carb that came on truck when I got was rebuilt but still had the same prob then I bought reman.carb and installed w/same prob then truck runs fine (even started right up after a long nap)and idles great but still has the leak