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Carb balancing - how hard is it?
Written by daviddockstader on 6/22/2010 at 01:39 am


What's your petcock hose connected to? From the factory it comes connected to
the balancing port. Did someone already put in a T with a cap?

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "elden_miller_96" <4egmiller@...> wrote:
>
> Juan, I did not have to disconnect the petcock hose. Both ports for syncing
the carbs were available without pulling the petcock hose. I just attached hoses
to the columns & adjusted away. Now I am not sure if I did it right.
>
> BTW - both my sons took summer jobs out at the Anchorage airport and reported
seeing a PC there this weekend.
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, Obi Juan Goula <juang@> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > 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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