Any suggestions for rebuilding older carbs

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Hey all! I recently bought an older Kona with a Chrysler 120 outboard and went through various checks with the engine. The only real issue I've found is with the carbs. The floats are way out from appearances (although looking upside down and have not pulled carbs yet) engine runup supports that assumption. I want to pull the carbs, do a proper cleaning and adjust floats but not sure about gasket replacement, which I'm sure it'll need. My problem is not having any luck searching the innerwebs for a rebuild kit that jibes with my part number. It's an old Tillotson of course (W813B) and wondering if I may need to just make my own gaskets. Y'all have any suggestions for a good parts dealer or a cross reference?
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jerryjerry05

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Re: Any suggestions for rebuilding older carbs

Would help a lot if you posted a year? Model#? Serial#?
The # on the carb is basically for the Tilitson people.
Pics of the inside of the carbs?
If they aren't too bad you might get away with just bowl gaskets?
Sometimes not even that.
Most times I find they can be cleaned with Dawn and rinsed with water and air blown dry.
You'd have to turn the motor upside down to check on the floats to see if they are set right:)
The need to be inverted to set the level.
 
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