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How to Set Floats on Edelbrock Carburetors

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Setting the floats on an Edelbrock carb isn't difficult. There are a couple little details on how to do it as well as a tip for setting a different height level. I'll show you all the details so you'll be an expert on this common setting. Check it out!

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20 Comments

@williamrummel3938 3 years ago

Dude thank god you made this video. I’m doing my first Edelbrock carb rebuild tonight and one float was like jammed into the air box

@solarflare4259 3 years ago

Very instructive video. It's my first carb rebuild. My son purchased a Sierra Classic with a 327 engine and a 1406 carb installed. It would start with starter fluid and when engine was warmed up but would not start when cold...
Just purchased the #1477 kit from the Edelbrock and it does not include the floats and the accelerator pump anymore...It seems they are being sold separately... Thank you for posting!

@jammiewright8249 3 years ago

It’s been 15 years sense I’ve rebuilt a carb and your video was spot on ! Thank you!

@RastusMcbride 4 years ago

Looking at the Edlebrock diagram was more useful to me, all that fiddling and "apex" jargon was confusing things unnecessarily imo. Shove the bit in there about 1/3 of the way in, let the float sit on it and you want zero clearance.

@jefffutrell5239 1 year ago

Great video I am working on a carter, a f b basically the same carb, and you explained everything perfectly thank you

@VinoRatRodbuilds 4 years ago

Great job on class today professor! 😁👍

@louispeters2105 3 months ago

Just saved my bacon!!!.
Your videos are soooo dam good!
Thank you

@ClassicCarConsultants 1 year ago

Great video, man! Funny how off these carbs are right out of the box.

@pjc5437 4 years ago

I really like the way you do your videos. Plenty of good info.

@briangray7614 2 years ago

One of the best videos I’ve seen! Well illustrated and explained. Thanks!!!

@thedobermangang3503 4 years ago

VERY GOOD VIDEO MY BROTHER YOU WOULD BE A EXCELLENT INSTRUCTOR..LET ME KNOW WHEN YOUR CLASSES OPEN UP SO I CAN ENROLL....

@brigond1 3 years ago

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I almost bought one .

@DB3_GOAT 4 years ago

Thank you. Needed this

@BrentSimsFlex 1 year ago

great job of explaining thoroughly!!!

@XxTheLostChaosxX 7 days ago

What about the off road needles with the springs...??? Should the springs be fully compressed or relaxed when taking the measurements?

@tapa2466 3 years ago (edited)

Nobody does a actually legit truly informative video (like your videos) of what to do if the car runs and idles fine in park and neutral, but stalls after a few seconds in drive at idle. Specifically for that conduction. I’ve watched many videos by now that explain every carb or timing adjustment I could make. But they all talk about troubleshooting some other type of issue. Have narrowed down the issue but would be nice if maybe for someone else with same issue, can watch a video for that condition and not have to go searching symptoms or issues that they arnt really having just to get an idea of where to look or start. Some videos troubleshoot poor idle/ hesitation but it’s not the same thing. The condition that idles perfect , but when put in drive, the car really wants to stay running but reluctantly stalls after or goes really low rpm after few seconds. Simply raising idle rpm fixes it but that’s not resolving , say , maybe it’s stalling because of a rich or lean condition. Idk!? Who talks about it so I can know?

@justbuggin67 1 year ago

I would like to thank you for the video! I installed a good used 390 in my 68 F250 and put a Carter competition (9635SA) on it and this thing will NOT run when cold unless I pump it 15 times. I most likely jacked up the float measurement when I rebuilt it. I’m going to reset the floats and go from there.