help trucks piffin me off and more carb. problems..

[oldblue1968chevy]

I JUST REBUILD MY EDELBROCK 4BBL carb....now its flooding and i think its leeking gas in my oil again!

i put a new fuel pump and went back to the quadrajet....rebuild my edelbrock thinkin id be good......it ran good drove down the road cut it off went to start it and doent start i need help this trucks really piffing me off...its always something it'd be ok if it wasnt my dd but its all i got i just keep pifin away money on it!

[special-K]

Please watch the language in your title,especially.I know you`re frustrated.I could only edit your 1st post so I deleted the two responses.

Can you put the Q-jet back on and look into the Edelbrock problem?Things don`t always go right the first time.

[oldblue1968chevy]

sorry shouldnt have said it to you guys....and should've bashed ina couple truck windows......lol jk

but its really "piffen" me off lol

its just one thing after another..it wouldnt bother me but its embarrassing when it leaves me stranded......3000 could put me towards a newere more reliable truck...idk

it give me an awesome feeling when somebody asks me about it or i geta complement..but sometimes its just like dangit i just fixed this and im back tearing it apart to see what it is this time.......im ALWAYS working on it.....seems like under the hood...idk sorry i vented the wrong words out....trying to keep this board family friendly from now on

any suggestions on what could be causing it

[Bob 68327]

I would say get rid of the edelbrock and put a q-jet or holley on it .

[oldblue1968chevy]

i put my old q jet on for now..i just like the shinyness of the edelbrock..

[Camper Power]

i feel your pain, not so much of having to fix one thing after another, but with the edelbrock carbs, mine floods on me everytime i take a hard turn, even at low speeds. and i've been fidiling with it for over a year and it always ran rich. check your fuel pressure cause the edelbrock carbs have a max rating of 5.5psi or something. this also proves what my dad taught me a long time ago. "Chrome dont get ya home"

[special-K]

I`ve been working on my own stuff for over 35 years.I still don`t call myself a mechanic.I can accept that the problem is sometimes my screw up and not the vehicle.It`s the same no matter what the vehicle or age of it.With mechanics it`s either right or it`s not.The vehicle can`t get better because it knows your intentions are good.It`s just a machine that miraculously operates when everything is right.Sometimes 1/2 axed will get you by.But,carbs are about the most complicated,if not "the" most complicated,component on a vehicle.All that said...one reason these trucks are so popular is because they are some of the least frustrating vehicles to work on.I`d be a mechanic for a living if I only worked on older stuff.I hate working on anything much newer.The newer,the worse IMO.
Going for shiney over function won`t help you any,either.

[Bob 68327]

Very well said Special-K . I agree .. Bob

[oldblue1968chevy]

well......i may fool with it in the spare time i dont have room for...for now the ole. quadrajet is on there lol