This was about 11am this morning, i drove around the bay all day: making stop after stop w/no problems. I get on the hywy @ 4pm, drive 100 miles home, come to the stop light at the end of the freeway exit and the car cutts off and will not start again AAA had to tow me home isn't that some Crap? Like i said in my last post "It seems like this kind of thing only happens to me".

A guy came along and took a look before AAA arived and got the thing going for a minute, he said that I had flooded the carb. He got it to run twice but it died both times so i said forget it and let AAA tow it to my house. The good samaritan also said that my floats were adjusted too high, and we did see gas leaking down into the carb--i don't know if those two event are related or not.

Any thoughts, comments, or good stories come to mind about this one?

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'66 Vert, 289, 3speed, w/procars.
A removable 14in grant steering wheel.
Granada disk break swap.
15x7&15x8 steel styles w/225-60-15's.
Front & rear sways.
5-leaf rear leaf sprrings and magnaflows.

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Originally posted by 66drop:
Does anyone have any good Edelbrock site links, for the ID of the different screws, like the float adj. screw.

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William
The easiest way to find something lost, is to buy a replacement.

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Originally posted by 66drop:
When the car died it just quietly shut off(like a light switch), no sputtering, coughing or anything.
The cleansing of my fuel system sound like a good idea to me can anyone explain that process.

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Look at the front lower corner, passenger side, of the gas tank for a drain plug. Since its a 16 gallon tank, you can judge based on how full it is how many buckets you need to hold whatever comes out.
Raise the car, support it with jack stands.
put your first drain pan or bucket into position and then remove the drain plug.
Be prepared for gasoline to run down your arm and possibly splash in your eyes. Not a good thing.

While the tank is draining, disconnect the fuel line between the fender apron and the fuel pump, and disconnect it at the gas tank. You now have basically a huge steel straw from one end of the car to the other.
Use compressed air to blow from the front to the back. Be prepared for a large spray of nasty gasoline. If you catch it in a bucket you'll be able to evaluate how dirty or rusty the inside of the line is.
Then blow from the back to the front.
Reconnect the fuel line front and rear.

If the rubber connection hoses are questionable, replace them.
After the tank stops draining, you may want to leave the drain plug out and pour some clean gas in thru the filler neck and let it flush some more dirt out.

When done you can reinstall the drain plug and filter/strain your gasoline and put it back in. If it came out really clean, you're lucky, if its really dirty, don't bother putting it back in, get rid of it.
If you see little blobs rolling around in the bottom of the buckets, looks kind of like when vinegar and oil don't mix, those blobs are actually water. Don't let them back in the tank.

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Originally posted by 66drop:
blow it out and see if i see anything. I did this a couple of times with my 4100

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How many times are you going to treat the symptom instead of the problem?
It is not normal as a part of routine maintenance to have to take the carb off and blow it out.
The first time it happened should have been the last time.
Clean out or replace your tank and fuel lines or the problem will keep occuring.

As far as your edelbrock carb, there is nothing special you need to worry about, its pretty basic in the way it comes apart and goes together.

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Originally posted by 66drop:
I was just trying to find out if there was something special/different with this Edelbrock form the 4100 that I should be on the look out for when cracking the Edelbrock.
I can't wait to clean/drain my tank and blow out my lines--just to know for myself it has been done.

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Since the Edelbrock is new, at least you won't have any corrosion to deal with. Everything should come apart easy, the top gasket should be in good condition to re-use. I guess one tricky part is the little 'S' shaped wire that connect to the accelerator pump slunger. If you have a polaroid or digital camera take a picture of which way it faces, that can be a confusing one to put back on. When you lift up the top plate the floats come off with it, so you'll be able to see into the bowls easily.
You'll be fine, good luck with it!

The gas tank and fuel line...what a nasty job, but you WILL experiece a wonderful peace-of-mind knowing its been done!