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40inches - 13/6/14 at 07:39 AM

Cheap enough to buy Four
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchCmd?srch=colortune&action=search&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&langId=-1

mcerd1 - 13/6/14 at 10:41 AM

but does anyone still use those things ?

40inches - 13/6/14 at 02:54 PM

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Originally posted by mcerd1
but does anyone still use those things ?


I do! How do you check the mixture otherwise, especially with carbs?

fesycresy - 13/6/14 at 03:04 PM

What's a 'carb'?


quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
but does anyone still use those things ?


I do! How do you check the mixture otherwise, especially with carbs?

40inches - 13/6/14 at 03:40 PM

They look something like this Description
Description



quote:
Originally posted by fesycresy
What's a 'carb'?


quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
but does anyone still use those things ?


I do! How do you check the mixture otherwise, especially with carbs?


[Edited on 13-6-14 by 40inches]

whitestu - 13/6/14 at 03:41 PM

quote:

What's a 'carb'?


They are like fuel injection that you can fix when it goes wrong.

mcerd1 - 13/6/14 at 04:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
but does anyone still use those things ?

I do! How do you check the mixture otherwise, especially with carbs?

I always went with 'if it smells right & sound it'll be close enough'
then take it to the garage down the road to use the gas analyser when I get the chance...


mind you I'm red green colour blind - so those things would be no good to me anyway lol

ReMan - 13/6/14 at 04:51 PM

Good spot, One reserved

40inches - 13/6/14 at 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by ReMan
Good spot, One reserved

I already have one, have reserved three more Can you imagine how much easier is to set carbs with all of them fitted at once

40inches - 13/6/14 at 05:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
but does anyone still use those things ?

I do! How do you check the mixture otherwise, especially with carbs?

I always went with 'if it smells right & sound it'll be close enough'
then take it to the garage down the road to use the gas analyser when I get the chance...

I have a Lucas Gas analyser, but the four carbs need setting up individually initially.

coyoteboy - 13/6/14 at 06:35 PM

I'd be interested to hear how close you can get a match on 4 pots with just visual feedback. Used to own one of these but I could adjust the mixture and the timing so far without being able to see a difference it was mental.

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They are like fuel injection that you can fix when it goes wrong.


It goes wrong? How quaint.

[Edited on 13/6/14 by coyoteboy]

paulf - 13/6/14 at 09:30 PM

The trouble with colour tunes though is that you can only really tune the idle mixture, I did have one years ago but never really found it much use apart from idle adjustments.
Paul

quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
Good spot, One reserved

I already have one, have reserved three more Can you imagine how much easier is to set carbs with all of them fitted at once