Carb problem
 

Kinda not for me Since I am TPI, But friend down street has a

350 with Edelbrock Carb - Ran fine all week and even today in AM- he went to start to leave work and it ran for second and he lost it- stalled out- meaning the Carb is a Manual choke.
So he said he choke the car to start...

Either way he thought it flooded and would turn over- he asked me to take him up to get the car- When we got there everything seemed fine but when he went to start it I notice the Carb was leaking gas out of linkage-


I was like wow dude- might not want to start it

It seems now battery is dead and its not starting-

Either way I figure I get on here and see if any one had any ideals on this - personaly I fig if you flood it out (which i have on a carb set up- pull off air filter and let it air out and your good)

But when I looked in the carb tonight - i could see a good puddle in the secondarys...

seems like alot of gas for his discription of a couple pumps.
maybe it was a couple more then a couple tryin to get car to start.

Could he blow out the gas and try-?

Why would carb leak?
Float stuck?

Any thoughts be great

thanks in advance

Sticking Float was the cause, blew out carb with air - cleaned with carb cleaner - changed fuel filter and then Spray down with wd40 - tapped the life out of the 750 and boom- car running like a beast.

Figure I close the thread with the answer

Even though you figured it out... From personal experience those edelbrock carbs are junk. Ive never came across one that ran well and made good power. Just some fyi

I was thinking stuck float when I started reading through it. Good to hear you were able to figure it out quickly and get him back up and running.

Thanks,

I had a holly on my first motor so I kinda have Holly 1st Love and that was like bulit proof with the abuse I gave it- I was suprised that the Edlebrock did that though but I guess its showing age or just gunk in the tank.
Either way i ask how it was running and i was told flawless...so that was pretty cool it worked out.

i always try cheap and easy fixes 1st myself, poor kid was about to buy a used one for 75.00 off craigslist.

So everything worked out