I have that tool that Paul linked. Not that brand, but the same type of contraption. It sucks cleaner from a container through a vacuum hose into the intake manifold. Works fine on today’s fuel injected cars but would do nothing for cleaning a carb. Speaking of ethanol…have you checked this?http://pure-gas.org/

Not quite. This system (I think) hooks up to an aerosol can and squirts cleaner into the air plenum. It would possibly clean the manifolds, valves, and combustion chambers but do nothing for carb internal passages and accelerator pump. The kit I remember was not aerosol but liquid that you ran through the fuel circuit actually cleaning those…[Read more]

“Another challenge is merely another chance to excell!” Roy Hendrix 1983. (I said it so often that the guys put it on my USN retirement plaque.)

Thanks Allen. I guess that’s one of the few brain cells I didn’t kill. Short of taking the carb off and rebuilding, it’s the only carb cleaner I ever had any confidence in.

The SAGA continues — 

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Bill, I use pure-gas.org to find my non ethanol gas.  It’s been pretty reliable here in NC.  
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The SAGA continues…

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Annnnd . . . .

back home

My guy Mike’s out with shoulder surgery. Steve told me to try again next Monday: “He might man-up and come in.”

This just about guarantees there’ll be no Bridget at Carlisle. Ah well. Sooo close.

Thanks. PVC has many uses around the home & office. I left the bumpers off. I might put on the rear one though just as insurance. It’d be no good in a rear-end crash, but it does catch the spare tire if the clips holding it come loose.

Buttoned up for towing–maybe tomorrow a.m. she’ll head to the muffler shop. There I hope I’ll get

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Nice! Those temps sound better than should be expected. Hope it stays like that & look forward to seeing her in the flesh in a couple weeks.

Sounds great Jack – would love to see ( and get a ride! ) if you bring to Carlisle.

I forgot to post the temp and oil pressure specs:

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Hey folks.

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I have not mounted it yet.

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Hell no.

Tunnel welded, fuel lines done.

So The sensor seller asked for pics of the part and a description, and when I sent that he sent me another sensor–this one with three wires. Appears the missing wire on the original one was a defect. The new one just came and tested good.

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Interesting door lock. Is anyone running these?