Carburetor Leaking Gas

This Zenith carburetor # 213348 is off a 1955 Farmall 100. I soaked it in Metal Rescue to get the rust off and reinstalled it. The engine hadn't ran in over a year. It started but I'm getting a good amount of gas from the "weep" hole just to the right of the choke. Thoughts?
 
Here's a pic.
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That will happen is the float is bad or set wrong. Or if the float needle seat does not have a gasket under it or it is not in tight enough, or the needle area has some dirt in it or if it is the new rubber tipped needle you need to put a set in it. To put a set in you open the carb and drop the needle into the seat and tap on the needle a few times. Once done if you look at the rubber tip you should see a ring in it that is a set
 
You also have to remember that these carbs are up draft. It takes a bit more RPM to move the dense air fuel mixture up the pipe to the head. When it is cold out like it is now, that makes it worse. You might try letting it idle at a higher RPM and make sure the choke is full off. If that doesn't solve the problem, then I would follow "old's" suggestions.
 
That is not uncommon while you choke them for starting, but should not do it while running or sitting.
 
This is the first tractor I've ever owned and I'm restoring it as a hobby. I'm ignorant of up-draft carbs but will get smart on them. Many thanks.
 
Restoring or just fixing up???????? I hate that term because a true restore will cost you 10 times more then the tractor will ever be worth. To do a true restore you bring the tractor back to what it was the day it rolled out of the factory front to back top to bottom and every thing meats new specs. Or are you just fixing it up. Sorry but I tend to take a person for what he says and too many do not understand what a true restore really is
 
As a followup, what allowed you to start the tractor. (it helps everybody to know what fixes things) We keep looking back to find out if our help was useful. Jim
 
I suppose I'm fixing it up to use as a parade tractor. Initially, I thought of restoring it to factory specs, but the $$$ involved didn't make sense.
 
Now days just to rebuild the engine in most tractor by the time it is all said and done you will lave $3000 plus in the engine alone and that is if your doing the work to it other then what a machine shop does
 
The guy I bought it from said it hadn't ran in 1-2 years, but ran fine before he shut it off. It sat in the weather all that time, front tires flat and ruined rims. I pulled the carb off and soaked it in Metal Rescue. The results were stark as you can see from the picture. I replaced the ignition components, i.e., plugs, wires, and distributor parts. That was about it so far.
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