The temples, I would love to see a diagram of what you are talking about. I kinda like the tricky way around things.
XRYZJJ: The temples is right about how the manual reads, and it's not that hard to set the float using that method. You just need a protractor to draw a 60 degree line on the wall in your garage. Then you just line up to carb base to the line and eyeball to see if the base and the 'line' on the float is parallel. If the two are not parallel, adjust accordingly.