Is there somewhere locally I can rent one of these? I think I need to do this on my bike (two carbs), but I don't want to shell out $90 or so for a new one.

8/30/2009 10:16:01 AM

pretty sure it's just 2 vacuum gauges and some hose

8/30/2009 12:24:54 PM

ding ding ding



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8/30/2009 1:25:25 PM

So I'm guessing a home-made one would do just fine? I saw an example like ^that one, but I wasn't sure how accurate it'd be.

8/30/2009 2:14:14 PM

just put some tranny fluid in it, draw a level line and balance it out

8/30/2009 2:25:17 PM

I threw one together from some PVC tubing and filled it with Marvel Mystery Oil. Getting the tubing to mate up to the port on the carb was a bit tricky, but once I got it going it worked great.

8/30/2009 8:04:56 PM

Back in the day I used to sync the twin SU carbs of my mgb by holding a piece of fuel hose to the plenum and listening to the pitch. Not very accurate but nothing on an mg was

8/30/2009 9:21:11 PM

^ don't forget checking the oil in the dashpots

8/31/2009 9:16:01 AM

yeah.
One of them was always unscrewing itself from vibration

8/31/2009 11:10:32 AM

from the 1500cc powerhouse

10/15/2009 11:11:13 AM