Eddie carb problems

Thanks for all the responses. Actually I have a mech. fuel pump now, I just changed it this past weekend. The reason my buddy thinks it is a carb issue, is because with the car running after it is warm, we pinched off the fuel line just before the carb and after the gauge and filter. Before we pinched it off, we had no pressure, when we pinched it, it slowly started building pressure, my friend thinks something is not seating in the carb. What do you guys think? P.S. when we took the carb of the manifold and carb had fuel everywhere. Thanks