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Is there a specialized tool to adjust the idle?
Spent several (~ 8) hours yesterday in the sweltering sun looking for the cause of an extremely low vacuum condition on #1 & #2 carbs. Eventually found 1/4 of the rubber lip on carb holder #2 was no longer of this world. Replaced all 4 carb holders with a set I purchased from Andreas several months ago. Cleaned carbs up and reassembled. Started with a quick sync, then went to adjust idle speed before doing a colortune, sync and final idle speed adjust.
Unfortunately, during the initial idle speed adjustment, I appeared to have damaged the head of the adjustment screw in such a way as to cause it to turn WITHOUT moving the adjuster. Now I get to pull the carbs again, fix or replace the idle speed adjuster and start over.
As a side note, I've never had much luck with making fine adjustments to idle speed with a flat-blade screwdriver and was wanting a more refined tool/method.
Spent several (~ 8) hours yesterday in the sweltering sun looking for the cause of an extremely low vacuum condition on #1 & #2 carbs. Eventually found 1/4 of the rubber lip on carb holder #2 was no longer of this world. Replaced all 4 carb holders with a set I purchased from Andreas several months ago. Cleaned carbs up and reassembled. Started with a quick sync, then went to adjust idle speed before doing a colortune, sync and final idle speed adjust.
Unfortunately, during the initial idle speed adjustment, I appeared to have damaged the head of the adjustment screw in such a way as to cause it to turn WITHOUT moving the adjuster. Now I get to pull the carbs again, fix or replace the idle speed adjuster and start over.
As a side note, I've never had much luck with making fine adjustments to idle speed with a flat-blade screwdriver and was wanting a more refined tool/method.
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