[trevarthan]

I'd like to keep a hard line from the pump to the carb, so I guess I'm going to be buying steel pipe bending and flaring tools.

I can't even find an OEM replacement hard line from the pump to carb for this year/engine, so I guess that's really my best bet moving forward as I've already rounded off the b-nut on the carb side.

I'm still cleaning the carb. Think I've got it mostly clean at this point. When my new float arrives I'll take some photos/video and start assembling it.

I'm still not sure what to do about that float vent port. There's no nipple. I'm guessing plugging it is a bad plan too, eh?