Carburettor diagnostic tool

[Steptoe]

for those of us that have niggling issues,, { which is all of us }

a simple, small home made tool to help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG1Qiki7hH8

[motoman]

good idea for the late model carbs...........ought to fix the enrichment lever though...would make it easier for cold starts....

[Steptoe]

enrichment lever

yep,, should do , don't need it tho,

don't get cold enough here for cold starts

will have to get round to it,

[3Phase]

Thanks for this, Steptoe, I've been meaning to build something like it to quickly check the fuel levels so I don't have to dance the carburetor removal/float-height tango.

How is the tee-tree attached to the carbs? I can't quite see it in the video, is it just hanging on the edge of the carburetor by a piece baling of wire/paper clip or something?

My '80G doesn't have the float bowl drain screw and built-in hose nipple like the '81 XS and the XJ but someone found a metric plug with a hose nipple at NAPA that can temporarily replace the solid float bowl drain plug.

So far I keep forgetting about the plugs and hoses entirely when I'm at NAPA or I forget the size so it's taken a lot more time to build one than it should.

[Steptoe]

all I used was a very thin / small { we call em } zippy tie,,,{ cable ties }

don't know what you fella's call em in w/shop talk

[3Phase]

Zip ties. Thanks, mate!

My eyes are not what they used to be. I should get one of those giant magnifying lenses like they used to make to put in front of the screen of the old small-screen televisions.