Cleaning out idle circuit on Edelbrock AFB

The above post is true! I had a blocked main jet on my '53 Buick last year; it idled fine but as soon as I hit the gas the thing wouldn't get out of its own way. I slapped my hand on top of the carb, stalled it, and it sucked whatever was in the jet through. It ran fine after that.

With that being said, you won't hurt anything by spraying carb cleaner into the mixture screw orifices. I recently had an issue where my '65 Skylark with an AFB idled funny and surged at lower speeds. I tried blowing compressed air into the mixture screw openings, but it wasn't working. I finally pulled off the carb top, removed the primary venturi clusters, and cleaned everything out. It's been fine ever since.