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Mercury used to be in everyones homes. And is still in many homes today in the thermostat. nice to know huh.
Just adjust the center sync screw until both exhausts sound the same.
Ride. Enjoy. Life is simple.
Have any of you used this type of manometer?
I tried using it with colored water. I hooked it up after trying to sync my carbs by ear, and the vacuum was so great that it ended up crushing the bottles and raising the water level to the capability of drawing it up into the right cylinder. It only passed a little through and I shut it off quickly.
The fact that it crushed the bottles is pretty surprising to me. I've watched a few YouTube videos of people using this very build and their bottles didn't deform like this. Is there such thing as too much vacuum?
I've lowered the water level and I'd like to see it work, but I'm leary about sucking water into the carb again.
You guys are mad and have way too much time on your hands making these cumbersome sets of gauges, I purchased carbtune gauges about twenty years ago and they have more than paid for themselves, well worth the $80 I paid for them, and over the years they have only gone up in price by about $10.
Does any1 know how the mercury was used in the felt hat indusrty?
im as bloody mad as a hetter! but mad with a sync set of carbs!!!
i put a pair of stock xs 135 jets between the 2 sizes of clear tubing & worked a treat.
the right side carb (kickstart side) i found to be far more adjustable than the gear lever side carb.....any thoughts on that? i had the left side near all the way wound out, syncd the right side carb & just couldnt slow down the revs as much as i wouldve liked.
its a stock 650...assuming these brand new carbs from 650 central have stock jets, would jetting up or down be worth a bash?
thanks a lot for the help, im pretty bloody happy with the outcome!
Using vacuum gauges was and is a very bad idea. They are not very accurate and expensive as well...