Looking for help? Have tools, will travel.

[hikermikem]

Lurch, what 'carb sync tool'? I just use an 8mm open end wrench and a long screwdriver. I have thought about getting 'the tool', but I have used one and found that there are plenty of times it does not work, and you have to use the open end wrench anyway.

I've often thought of making my own tool, using a length of SS tubing, 8mm socket, and a long reach flexible-shaft screwdriver.

Then:

- Bend a small offset in the tube to get at #2 & #4 easier.
- Drill through the "drive' end of the socket to provide more clearance for the screw driver
- Weld the socket on the end of the tube.
- Slide a flex-shaft screwdriver down the tube.
- Use a small pair of vice grips at the top of the tube shaft as the lever to loosen/tighten the adjustment nuts. This way you could position the "lever" anywhere you wanted to turn the socket.

Another thought I had was to replace the 3 carb sync-adjustment screws with larger headed screws. Slide a short stiff spring up the thread shaft so it sits againt the screw head (maybe a flat washer would be needed). Once installed back into the threaded hole on the butterfly tab, you could simply turn the screw to adjust the sync, with no need to lock it down as the spring tension would keep it from turning.

Anyway, that's what i was a thinkin'

[hcritz]

Hey Steve...
Did you make it to Mississippi???

[jrazz]

I live about 80 miles from downtown Memphis- if you are in the Memphis area check out a restaurant in old Germantown called The Commissary. It is one of those hidden gems. If I can't get my carbs set right I may be calling on you

j razz

[Steve]

Hey Steve...
Did you make it to Mississippi???

Yep, I'm here.
PM sent.

I live about 80 miles from downtown Memphis- ... If I can't get my carbs set right I may be calling on you

Which side of Memphis? Why not do it right the first time? Send me a message if you want the help.

[Steve]

...the MS delta isn't the greatest place to spend weekends!

This weekend might be an exception. I hear there is a Blues Festival in town, which is going to include BB King and many others.