Well it looks like I am missing the correct gasket for between the carb and spacer block. I will have to try to get one quickly...would that be an item a small engine (lawn mower & weed whacker repair shop) may have? If I can't get it locally...a mail order may arrive too late for the next weekend fly-in. I suppose I could try to cut one....I'm not looking forward to that little detail. I wonder if a silicone hi-temp gasket goop, carefully applied, would do the trick?
so this fun goes on...and on...and on!
jim