Aah, You shoulda been there On 10/13/08, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I forgot about the annual Nitehawk Lovers Yacht race and regatta. Have > to wait till next year. > > --- On *Mon, 10/13/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: can you name my mystery carb part??? > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 10:39 PM > > 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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