Ahh, that makes more sense. Thanks guys. I'm breaking them apart to replace the fuel T this wknd anyhow, so I might as well replace the missing mystery T.
-Kyle On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alright, no takers ? In order for the diaphragms to work properly they need > a pressure > differential. Your mystery part is an atmospheric vent. The short hose > faces backwards to mininize dirt injestion. There is no vacuum present at > this point. The normal 14.7 is below the diaphragm and intake vacuum (more > properly a point of low pressure) is above. The slide is sucked up and > provides a load sensitive response. Open the throttle quickly and because of > low engine speed there is only a small low pressure. As RPM increases, so > does pressure and slides are raised. You would think that closing > the throttle at high RPM would cause them to open, but not so since the > take-off point for the low pressure is behind the butterflys. Better now ? > Somebody must have had the carbs off the runner and seperated for the "T: to > be missing. Incidently, the feeble springs in the slides are there to return > the slide to the bottem of travel and dampen the movement. > Happy motoring. > > --- On *Sat, 10/11/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: can you name my mystery carb part??? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 1:16 AM > > > Should I be concerned that the inner workings of the carbs are open to the > elements? What gets me is the manual and the fiche show both T's and hoses, > yet neither mention where it goes. > > -Kyle > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Amusement is so hard to get these days. I was going to wait for all the >> guesses. You're a techy, you're not expected to know. Just don't connect the >> hose to anything. OK ? Oh, yeah >> don't sweat the missing "T" either. Now, where are the contestants ? >> tick,tick,tick >> By the way, what it does is much more interesting than what it's called. >> >> --- On *Fri, 10/10/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: can you name my mystery carb part??? >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 12:24 AM >> >> I'm not trying to play "Stump the Panel", I just wanna know what its >> called ;) >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> Lets see how many people get this right ? I don't expect many. >>> Good question, Kyle >>> >>> --- On *Thu, 10/9/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >>> >>> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] can you name my mystery carb part??? >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 11:40 PM >>> >>> I took the carbs back off to replace the fuel line and T-Fitting, and I >>> found *another *T-Fitting with no hose attached that I hadn't noticed >>> before. Its on the engine side of the carbs, and just above the butterfly >>> valve. There wasn't one between the center carbs or the other pair, but I >>> can see where one would go. When I turned the carbs upside down fuel came >>> out of the T-Fitting, thats how I noticed it. I looked it up in the parts >>> fiche, and it's number 6 with a very descriptive name "joint set". I also >>> looked up the hose, #31 with an even more descriptive name of "bulk hose, >>> vinyl". I've uploaded pics of this mystery part on my blog here >>> http://munz.kicks-ass.net/nighthawk/?p=242 . >>> >>> So, what is this part, and were I to hook a hose up to it, where would I >>> hook up the other end? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
