Back in the 60's I lived in the Florida Keys. I bought a used Volvo
544 with a dual carbed B-1800 engine and had made a killer deal - I
thought; The car looked new, and I liked the way it it felt on the road
and how I fit into it. Had a wife and 1st kid at the time. It made the
perfect family machine.  Engine ran "ok" but wasn't wondeful. It ran
smooth, but just didn't seem to have any power. It needed a tuneup I
knew, and at the time, the only place that would even talk to me about
"that Potato Bug looking Volvo with the funky dual carbs" was way up in
Miami. So, I dutifully treked up there to try and get the 544 tune up.
There, a mechanic took pity on me and showed me "the secret"  on how to
tune the carbs. Introduced me to the wonders of the Unisyn, he did. Told
me that from now on I could do it myself and not have to drive to Miami.
With his tuning, when I drove away I was amazed at the power gained. I
never hired out another tuning on that engine again after that. Wish I
still had that car. But - someone ran a stop sign and crunched it for
me. Bought a brand new Volvo after that. But it wasn;'t the same. That
model 544 was special.  Much later I bought a baby blue Jaguar XKE V-12
convertible with FOUR Stromberg carbs. A Unisyn tool came in the glove
box - but that is another story.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 10/15/2010 12:29 PM, Rowan Tipton wrote:
> I thought everyone had a unisyn.  I used it a lot on various
> multicarbed VWs and various British sport cars.  I doubt that I've
> touched it in 25 years.
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> On Oct 15, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Loren Busch wrote:
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>> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> A Unisyn is way better, IMHO. You can get very, very accurate
>>> readings
>>> from the floating plastic ball, much more than by listening to a
>>> hose.
>>>
>>
>> Jim, you realize that there are a bunch of people rading this thread
>> and
>> wondering what the h**l we are talking about.
>> My Unisyn went to a close friend that was just finishing a complete
>> restoration on a TR-2, back in the early '70s.
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