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BILL WILLIAMSON · 04-13-2012, 07:25 PM

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Folks,
Let's get practical about this. Why flow testing?Who's gonna' build flow testing pump, tubes, guages, timers, etc, in order to get certain amounts, in certain time spans? Quantities you do get, does that REALLY mean anything?
If jet sizes are what specifications call for, you're set to go!
Paper clip probing won't tell you any more about a passage than blowing in them to see if they're open. Either way WON'T tell you if there's scaly passage deposits that might flake off sometime and PLUG a jet! You don't have to be a Werner Von Braun to clean & overhaul a ZENITH carb. If you're worried about scaly passages, then CAREFULLY drill out the plugs & CAREFULLY run the proper size bit to clean them. Run the bit with a HAND CHUCK, again, VERY CAREFULLY! Bill W.
( If I catch too much hell for the above statements, I can easily un-plug my KOMPUTATOR! )

04-13-2012, 07:25 PM	#6
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Zenith carb rebuild Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Folks, Let's get practical about this. Why flow testing?Who's gonna' build flow testing pump, tubes, guages, timers, etc, in order to get certain amounts, in certain time spans? Quantities you do get, does that REALLY mean anything? If jet sizes are what specifications call for, you're set to go! Paper clip probing won't tell you any more about a passage than blowing in them to see if they're open. Either way WON'T tell you if there's scaly passage deposits that might flake off sometime and PLUG a jet! You don't have to be a Werner Von Braun to clean & overhaul a ZENITH carb. If you're worried about scaly passages, then CAREFULLY drill out the plugs & CAREFULLY run the proper size bit to clean them. Run the bit with a HAND CHUCK, again, VERY CAREFULLY! Bill W. ( If I catch too much hell for the above statements, I can easily un-plug my KOMPUTATOR! ) __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"