Thanks for the tip Ramon and Barry.
I was able to find the leak (better yet leaks) pretty fast using the carb cleaner trick. It works great!!
It ended up being at the studs for the carb mount. I found some slightly larger and longer studs and used them instead of the OEM toyota ones. Runs way better now but I still have a small leak from the top of the two outer studs (that hold the throttle linkage plate to the carb base).
So should I use locktite on the manifold end of the studs so I can tighten them down more without stripping the butter soft aluminum threads or just permatex the area at the top of the stud??
At least I'm cruising now without the freaking choke keeping my idle at 1500 rpms
