1979 chrysler 4 hp carburetor squirting fuel

[Murky115]

Hello all. Does anyone know what is in between the idle screw and the crab . O rings ? Some kind of cork packing? whatever it is it's missing as soon as I turn the fuel on it just squirts out of around the screw . Also would appreciate a fix because almost all parts are obsolete.
Thanks
Barnacle

 

[racerone]

Clean the carburetor / repair float and float valve.

 

[airshot]

In my younger days ( currently 74 yrs old), we often used a heavy thread or cord coated with grease as a packing material, sometimes we used small cork gaskets coated in grease then moved up to O rings if we could find ones that fit. More recently they made packing washers, but not sure what the material used was.. as racerone mentioned, it may well be a float issue

 

[jerryjerry05]

There should be no packing material around that screw.
Do as Racerone suggested.

 

[Murky115]

I did have it all apart and cleaned before this problem emerged. It was stopping fuel flow when I turned it upside down and blew into the fuel inlet. Maybe some chunk of something made its way in there after reassembly . I will take it apart and clean it again . Poor old girl has been sitting with no fuel lines for 20 years at least.

 

[Nordin]

Seams like the air/fuel mixture screw is set all way in!!! Should be 1-1,5 turn out from seated.