fuel level and leakage.

[Guest]

I am pondering the signifignce of a slightly gooved needle valve in conjuction with what may be weakend springs.


Would the sum of these things combined make for slight overflow and flooding or is it neglible?

I need a cool fule level gauge. Anyone got a lead on a cheap one?

[Detroit Diesel Man]

Z1 sells them...$9..they work good..I had an issue where my needles were weak in the springs and the seats were all worn..I got a needle seat set and just used the seats for clean sharp edge for the needles to seal against..new Mikuni sets are close to $40 per carb..I had the issue of leaking fuel at the float bowls..I set the float height to the 26mm spec but still had fuel leaking...finally got the fuel level gauge and did them that way..3mm below the bowl mating surface..no more leaks.

Fuel Gauge at Z1 http://www.z1enterprises.com/detail.aspx?ID=4160


Hope this helped

DDM

[niclpnut]

Z1 sells them...$9..they work good..I had an issue where my needles were weak in the springs and the seats were all worn..I got a needle seat set and just used the seats for clean sharp edge for the needles to seal against..new Mikuni sets are close to $40 per carb..I had the issue of leaking fuel at the float bowls..I set the float height to the 26mm spec but still had fuel leaking...finally got the fuel level gauge and did them that way..3mm below the bowl mating surface..no more leaks.

Fuel Gauge at Z1 http://www.z1enterprises.com/detail.aspx?ID=4160


Hope this helped

DDM

a good product, if you don't want to make your own, but only applicable to VM carbs.

They don't have one with an addapter for BS carbs.

Nic

[gssuzukixxx]

I am going to bench check/set the fuel levels for the carbs on my '77 GS750. Any time I did this I end up with a lot of gasoline spilled in my garage. Besides the risk of fire I don't think breathing gasoline fumes is very healthy.

Has anyone tried using a different (less flamable liquid)? I am thinking of something like varsol because I think varsol would desolve in gasoline. I figure I can compensate for the diffense in SG.

Thoughts, comments

Brian