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Back again with more plms. I ended up buying a Carb rebuild kit($24@KRAGEN) for the pickNPull carb. I unscrewed the 5 screws on the top piece of the carburetor to install the gasket. In order to remove the top part of the carburetor i need to detach the electric choke. After that i put in the two new gasket and screwed everything back together. I tighten the screws as hard as i can, before and after i tighten the 4 carburetor bolts to the manifold.
i FOUND out there was a leak in my intake manifold(top stud on the right port towards the firewall). Found this out when i sprayed some starter fluid for the hell of it to see if it was the manifold that was leaking like everyone was saying about the truck. Ended up finding out the stud is stripped. I unscrew that stud out and place a bolt in the thread instead of the stud. Then i bought a new IM gasket with some gasket silcon to keep it seal. (torque 14ftlbs) It worked and the truck idles steady now. 
I installed the pickNpull Carburetor on the IM and plugged everything back up . started the truck and it idle really high. It was going from 3k rpm to 4k rpm and i was worried so i shut the motor off. I think when i took the electric choke arm off I might of messed up the cold idle adjustment. I just mess with the idle cam to lower the rpm and drove it around. I test drove it around town and on the hwy for about 30min. Everything seems to be working in order, Until the next day. 
I'm thinking the truck is running good now, Idling reaaaaaal smooth, right? (NOT) I'm going to take this baby fishing. Loaded all my fishing equipment and the cooler in the truck bed. Started the truck up and the battery is dead.
I still haven't fix that short yet. haha I got a jump start from dad and it started idling high again. I just play with the idle cam and lower the rpm to where i can drive it. While driving i notice the rpm going to 1500, I kept driving and almost ran a stop a light so i slammed on the brake real hard to stop. The truck just shut off and wouldn't start back up, but it cranks. I push the truck to the side and let it cool down. Looking around the motor i notice the carburetor gasket has leak around the 4 screw area. DARN!
Will i be able to make it back home? I did, Now im here typing on the laptop to help a future mighty max member with any similar plms they might run into that i have encounter today or through the whole time of owning a mighty max(carburetor)
So now the question is , What can i do to seat the top carburetor part to now leak. Could it be warp, did i forget to install something, what's going on with the electric choke, and can i adjust it ?
I still have the other carburetor , but the middle stud is broken off it for the air cleaner to screw onto .
What a day!
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