Carburetor floods no matter the float setting

[jobrodesign]

Hey there! Recently took my 1966 Ford F100 (240 inline six) to a shop for a rough idle/running where it was diagnosed with a vacuum leak at the intake manifold gasket and at the throttle shaft of the carburetor (autolite 1101). So I opted to do the repairs myself. I replaced the intake manifold/exhaust gaskets and bolted everything back together and torqued to spec. I ordered new remanufactured carburetor to replace the 1101 and have installed it as well.

The issue I'm having is that the engine will not catch at all. The problem seems to be WAY too much gas. After a few attempts at cranking, the gasket separating the upper/lower parts of the carb soaks through with gas. I'm reasonably positive that the needle starts properly and actually cuts off the gas supply to the hotel when the float closes it. Now i set the float on the NEW carb to what I had been doing before all this work, which likely means that my previous float setting was appropriate when I was also getting a huge amount of unmetered air going into the engine due to the vacuum leaks. Now of course with the vacuum leaks supposedly fixed, the float level should be set to something else. I have tried the "spec" level of 1 3/32" but even at this setting the engine won't catch (tries to turn over if I fully depress the gas pedal).

So my question(s) at this point are:
Is there any other reason that the carb would flood so consistently at a variety of float level adjustments?

Now that I have my settings straight could my issue be that with all my cranking I have a bunch of gas in the cylinders and intake manifold that's creating a too-rich environment? Would/could this be the case even after 24 hours of sitting in between the last attempts with the bad float setting and the latest with the good?

[cep62]

It is possible to flood an engine bad enough to wash the oil off the cylinder walls, thus losing compression.

you could pull the plugs and pump a little oil in, and spin it over, then check for spark while you're doing that.

Plug the fuel line , and just put some gas in the carb and see what it does.

[colnago]

Check your fuel pressure to make sure it's in spec. Do you have an aftermarket electric fuel pump, or the stock mechanical fuel pump?

Joseph

[jobrodesign]

Stock mechanical fuel pump.

[BRETCO]

If you can take the top off of your carburetor and set the float on a paper towel. It may have a hole in it, it will sink to the bottom of the bowl. Especially if it's the old brass float.

[Ranchero50]

New carb should have a new float. I have no idea how to set a 1100, never played with one but I'm sure there's a ton of stuff on Google or youtube.

Typically overfilling the bowl is caused by the needle / seat seal not working correctly. What concerns me is you are into the replacement carb already. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Possibly look at the fuel pressure as said above.

[BRETCO]

What year is your truck? I bought a reconditioned distributor the had the cam gear on upside down. I bought a fuel pump brand new out-of-the-box that was sucking not pumping. But then again those were Chevy parts . Do with that other guy said maybe your pumps not returning relieving the pressure.