On Sun, 04 Aug 2002 15:26:34 -0400, "M. Secrest"
<msecrest@erols.com> wrote:
>No, it won't take days to empy out the booster. But you'll have to shake it a
>lot,
>depending on how much fluif went in there. Shake it out of whichever hole it
>will
>come out of. Then put it down on some paper towels, so the fluid collects in
>one
>place. Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary.
I placed it, MC side down, in a glass bowl. Since I live alone,
kitchen tools can become garage tools at a whim.
There doesn't seem to be much, or any, fluid in there. Perhaps
it all ran out while it was still in the car. There's certainly
nothing sloshing about inside.
>If your M/C is rebuilt, it will have a plate attached to the bottom saying
>it's a
>rebuild. If not, then you can do it, but you'll need a properly sized hone,
>which
>you can get at most auto parts stores. But you cannot hone the cylinder
>satisfactorily if its got scratches or pits in it that the hone cannot remove
>--
>i.e., they must be very light ones.
I'll give it a good look. Is the bore supposed to be slick and
shiny, or a little rough like a piston cylinder?
>As per the carbs, if they've never been rebuilt, you should send them out to
>Apple
>Hydraulics and let them do it. They'll rebush the throttle shafts, something
>that
>must be done to eliminate major air leaks. About $300 for the pair.
>Rebuilding the
>carbs without the rebushed shafts is just a waste of your time -- they'll run
>like
>crap. Take it from one who's attended this school of hard knocks.
The car runs great as it sits. Starts well, pulls well, etc.
Mileage is a little worse than I expected, but it is a pretty big
motor. I'm leaning towards fixing the O ring and leaving well
enough alone.
--
Captive nuts long for freedom.
Michael Hargreave Mawson
Sun, 23 Jun 2002
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