There was, and I pulled the cover off of the bowl yesterday to inspect it. It seems to be in good working order. Crazy thing is it worked when I pulled the carb off a week ago, and now it doesn't work. All I did was set the complete carb on the counter in the garage while I was doing the other work.
Ill have to pull the float back out tonight and look at it a little harder. Maybe there is a tear in it? The check ball- is that on the end of that small tube with a spring behind it? There is a small plastic lever that pushes that check ball into that tube? If this is the check ball you are referring to, it moves freely.