Some of the contestants were away sailing and couldn't get to their computer, but the 4 sets of carbs I had all came with hoses about 8" long attached to those vents that headed backwards to nowhere. All those tees, vents, and fuel joints had nitrile o-rings on them, three different sizes if I remember On 10/11/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >
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