On Thu, 18 May 2006 04:08:48 -0500, Dan Gillitzer wrote
> OK, I see what you're saying now. Have a couple follow up questions
> if'n you don't mind: Is it considered the correct practice to make
> the adjustments to both carbs? If I make a change of one flat, I
> should be doing this to both carbs automatically, don't change just
> 1 carb right?
Yes, at least initially. You may get into a situation where one carb will
want to be one flat richer or leaner than the other, but it's VERY subtle.
> Speaking of my choke, I am having trouble releasing
> them, the jets don't seem to want to drop down to normal position by
> themselves.
Uh, they come up when you release the shoke. The choke pulls them down.
> Not sure if the choke cable is supposed to assist them
> down or not (choke cable inner wire is solid, not a braided cable).
> Outer cable pops up out of the small doo-hickey (or what PPP calls a
> "framus") in the rear carb that the end of the outer cable rests in,
> the small tube-looking thing. When I am adjusting the carbs, I am
> making sure the jets are fully up though.
Not having a 948 sitting here on my desk (now THAT would be cool...), I
can't visualize what you're saying, so I'll defer to others.
> Also, on the choke trick,
> if I disconnect the bar which links the choke levers together, and
> hold the throttle high by hand, could I just pull down the choke a
> bit on each carb individually to see if the mixture is OK on each
> carb? Or again, just do them as a pair?
Just do them as a pair. You do not want to mess with the linkages between
them if they're reasonably well synchronized.
Chris K.
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