Fuel tank float question

["Bart Schwartz" <bschwartz@dttus.com>]

     I put a new float in the tank of my '76 Midget.  Two problems:
     
     1) The tank leaks a little
     2) The gauge reads 3/4 full with only 2 gallons
     
     I'm wondering if it's because I put on the float gasket in the wrong 
     order.  I put the gasket on the tank first, then the float and then 
     the thing that tightens it all together.
     
     Should I have put the float in first, then the gasket and then the 
     thing that tightens it all together?  
     
     I'm confused about which way gives the best seal and properly grounds 
     the float.
     
     Any ideas?
     
     
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     * Bart Schwartz                 Internet:  bschwartz@dttus.com *
     * 1976 Midget 1500              CServe:    75753,2550          *
     * Overland Park, Kansas                                        *
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