69 340 problems

Sometimes we work all around the problem and not fix it ,like we cant see the forrest for the trees. For instance, tinker with a carb for hours and never noticed it loose from the intake and sucking air underneath.
Boy, did this bring back memories! Years ago I put a new intake on my old 340 and couldn't get it running good for anything. The intake had been drilled for multiple carb mounting bolt patterns and one of the holes I wasn't using for my Holley had been drilled through into a runner. That sucker had the biggest vacuum leak, but you couldn't hear it without the good old rubber hose 'stethascope' stuck in your ear.