

| Subject: | Re: sychroning carbs |
| From: | Dr. D.W. Carment |
| Date: | Wed, 13 Jul 1994 22:03:18 -0400 (EDT) |
Use a long pvc pipe and "listen" to each of your carbs (filter removed). Ideally you are looking for a similar pitch from each carb adjusting each carb's idle mixture screw. It does work; I use it on my KG Kadron dual carbs. This advice was passed on to me by a mechanic who worked on MG's for years... It IS cheaper than buying a unisyn - DC On Thu, 7 Jul 1994, tim c. brim wrote: > OK, I've been reading this thread for about a month now. What I've read > has helped me in a lot of my troubleshooting problems with my '72/'73 bus. > I've also noticed that you all really like to bash mechanics, which they most > definitly deserve. I however have a simple problem. > > The problem is that: > 1.) I hate to give a grease monkey any more money to work on my bus. > 2.) I don't know of any efficient way to sychronize the carbs. > > My question lies therein. Is there any way that I can sychronize the carbs > myself? I've read the Bentley and it's very explicit about how you should > "take it to an authorized VW mechanic" to have this done. It then gives this > lenthy definition of how to adjust the carbs. > > Problem: > 3.) Bentley says you need a CO tester. > > Without going out and buying a couple thousand dollar Sun measurement machine > is there a way to test the CO level? > > I know this probably a hopeless case but I'm just hoping that the Bentley > manual is wrong. Well, just this once. > > > ================================================================================ > T. C. Brim Can you say "Road Trip" > ================================================================================ > ~ >
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