Carbs painted - finally

[bandet01]

looks good i thought about doing that to mine but with the blue metalcast paint stuff how long did all the prep work take to get them ready to paint and where did you get all the hardware to replace the factory stuff

[Yamaniac]

looks to me like you have replaced that carb with a #3 or #1, since those holes are not used for anything on the #4 carb.

Or, if I misunderstood the question, and you are asking what the copper plugs originally were.....the cover of a snap???

but probably neither is the case

[Ken Talbot]

Originally posted by randy
Yamaniac,

Right you are, those are the upper plates! I assumed Ken was joking about the washers!

Now for those of you with nothing better to do, the first person who correctly guesses what those 'brass plugs' really are - - I'll send you a NOS dipstick!

Oops, I actually did think they were washers, and was just about to take a shot about having missed a few of them.

My guess on the brass bits is brass thumbtacks.....

[randy]

Ken, you win!

[Yamaniac]

My question is why? just to keep dirt, etc from getting in there? or for aesthetics?

[randy]

Purely aesthetics.

[DeanR]

So Randy, are those lock washers on the bowls needed? I have new screws but no washers and the old ones don't seem to come off the original screws.

[Bauer]

Nice paint job, definately looks great!!

Where did you buy the vac hoses and screws?

[randy]

laxdad,

I don't know if the lockwashers are actually required, but the originals had them, so...

bauer,

vac hoses got on ebay, can't remember where, screws purchased at boltdepot.com