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Carb balancing - how hard is it?
Written by obijuanak on 6/21/2010 at 07:46 pm

Of the port is not open, then no fuel will flow to the engine and it
won't run. Thus, you won't be able to synchronize the carburetors.

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On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:38, elden_miller_96 <4egmiller@...>
wrote:

> I built mine & affixed it to a board to be left hanging in the
> garage. Over time the ATF settled itself into place. Of course I
> constructed mine in the dead of winter but I am sure in the heat of
> summer it may settle in quicker.
>
> In the directions it talks about applying vacuum to the petcock hose
> (I think) & then pinching it off. Never really understood the
> mechanics behind this since it looks like it would leave a vacuum
> port open. How critical is this & why does this need to be done?
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "pc800dork" <dokiedo@...> wrote:
>>
>> THANKS GUYS!
>>
>> That sounds like a fun job to put off until I have a nice cool day
>> of 90dg or lower!
>>
>> Sucking the fluid into the tube from one end is a GREAT idea.
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Nathan" <nathan_c_harris@> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ha! Yeah, that's WAY to easy. At least this way even though it
>>> only costs a $1.55, you really feel like you *should* have paid
>>> more since it took like an hour to get it in and another few for
>>> it to settle. Doh!
>>>
>>> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, Israel Engle <israel_96gtp@> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Hardest part was getting the ATF down into the skinny tube."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Referencing building the $1.55 balancing stick, after doing it
>>>> the hard way myself, the easiest (and most duh-simple) way to get
>>>> the fluid in to the tube is to put one end in the can of ATF, and
>>>> suck the fluid into the tube either with a Mity-Vac or your mouth.
>>>>
>>>> Israel
>>>>
>>>
>>
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