Why would a freshly overhauled carb be leaking?

[j_martin]

Re: Why would a freshly overhauled carb be leaking?

A WD45 is one heck of a tractor.
A friend bought a '57 from his elderly neighbor who had overheated it and cracked the head. Head was replaced but never started. It sat for a couple of years with the crankcase full of water. The engine was locked. Drained the water, filled the cylinders with diesel fuel, let it sit for a few hours. On the 7th or 8th hit of the starter it broke free. New plugs, points, etc. and it fired right up.

Then we fixed the leaking water pump and broken temp. guage.
Smokes a little but runs like a top.

I've been thinking about pulling mine down and touching up the valves....... for about 8 years.