Carter BBD Carb rebuild gone wrong.

1973 Duster 318 (California)
Because I was experiencing some balking when giving full gas, I pulled off the carburetor and used the rebuild kit. All parts cleaned, dried with pressurized air, put back together with new gaskets, etc.

Now it's running worse than before!

1) NOT getting good squirt from accelerator pump (squirt was okay before I messed around with it).
2) Can't keep a low idle without stalling
3) A pump the gas pedal and it will stall
4) Dieseling after cut off - puff of white smoke.

My gut tells me it has something to do with the accelerator pump. I noticed that it did not feel particularly smooth with the new plunger (seemed pretty stiff so I put the old one back in... didn't help)

Did you set the float level with the inlet line tightened down?