what did you do with your fazer today ?

[tommyardin]

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Balanced the carbs on the mighty thou.......only took 2 days  :o



gave the mighty thou a service the other evening and noticed it was a little bit lumpy on tick over, not balanced the carbs for a while so out with the gauges and sure enough no 2 is way out...bit surprised at that so I connected each gauge in turn to no1 cylinder and adjusted them to all read the same, not a lot in it just a tweek here and there, no 2 still as photo.after a fair bit of adjusting I finally got them right.........but the bloody thing wouldn't tick over, idle adjustment screw has always been a bit vague, gettin late so left it at that...in bits, and playing on my mind
Up early this morning with all day to sort it out, that reading on no2 was bothering me and started to think I had a dodgy plug, not replaced them since I bought it 3 years ago, approx 12000 miles, so bought a new set....no change.......
  Check the gauges again ....out and sticking  :rolleyes ......theres a screw valve on each of the vacuum hoses on the gauges that restrictes the flow and keeps the needle stable.loosed all four off so the needles were just flickering, just so I know they are not sticking...
Re-balanced the carbs, set the idle and BINGO...running nice and smooth.cracking the throttle open to the stop from idle and I get an instant responce,happy with that


reds top tip of the day..........check you equipment, twice 

Hi Red,
Just ordered a set of gauges exactly the same as those in your photo on your 1K. I was looking at the linear type that CarbTune sell but most places were close to 100 quid for a 4 pot set, and, a couple of sellers on FleaBay were advertising them bad boys for 130-140. I picked up the 4 pot dial set for 35 quid on Flea bay, they are identical to yours right down to the 4 little white valves that go inline in the rubber pipes.


It might be a case of 'Got all the gear but no fucking idea' watch this space and listen out for the screams.  :'( :'(
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hi tommy...the gauges are a good buy, had mine for a few years now, price on the box £65.....as my last post, make sure you calibrate them before you start, small silver screw on face if they need adjusting.....lets us know how you get on, pm me if you have any trouble, you can rely on me to take the pass....oooops, I mean help a fellow foccer out.
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I have a set of those for a dozen years or more, the only weakness (or maybe it's been improved) is the quality of hose supplied: it perished and cracked very quickly. Easily replaced with better hose though (oh and if the damping valves break or you lose one, the same thing can be bought from aquarium suppliers for the aeration pumps) - don't ask me how I know (bloody house moving)....
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Cool, They sound like a good buy then Red & Pilninggas,


I have a couple of Aquariums and recognized the valves a the type that are used to regulate the air flow to under-gravel filters and air stones. Cant quite work out how they are used in this situation though because if you have one valve opened slightly more that another the dials will read different because of resistance or lack there of by the maladjusted valve, we will see, and you will hear the blood curdling scream coming from the depths of Hampshire.