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Carb balancing - how hard is it?
Written by dndgentili on 6/21/2010 at 10:27 pm

My guess is that way you will continue to get gas flow to the carb. bowls.
VA Dan

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "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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