 Christine,
Fuel problems can be a very troublesome pain in %$#, I went through a lot earlier this year with my '65 3000. The acting likes it's out of gas can be caused by a lot of things. Best thing to do is to trace the fuel line. Take it loose at the tank and makes sure that it's not stopped up there. Sometimes you can even have floaties in your tank that cause the problem to come and go. Then just trace it all the way around, taking the fuel line loose at each connection, making sure that you've got fuel at each place. When was the last time you cleaned your fuel sediment bowl and filter? Might want to check that out. Also, there is a brass inlet screen fitting going into the carb, these have been known to get clogged. Take it out and blow through it to be sure it's ok. If your getting plenty of fuel to the carb, then you know that's your problem. Since it's already leaking, that's a good bet, but I'd still check all the other because a carb rebuild kit is about $70(us) as of May. Now as far as the leaking problem goes, click on the link(if the picture doesn't work) and it's a complete diagram of a disassembled carb. Check all the gaskets and the drain plug. Without actually seeing it, that's about all I can say. I will say that as far as I know, a stuck float isn't a common problem. And one more thing, if I remember right, your fuel pump should push between 3 and 7 psi(I think...can't remember at the moment, but I'll look it up a little later). It should squirt fuel out of the line easily. Hope this helps a little. Oh, and sorry about the picture quality, sometimes no matter how many times you scan them they just turn out bad. Casey
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