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Finch661 · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: vacuum gauge

hi there, just a quicky about vacuum gauges (i know its a marmite situation, either love them or hate them). is it possible to fit one using the carb inlet (the one that the oil fume canister pipes are connected to) instead of a carb spacer?

thanks
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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh

If it's what I think it is then its on the wrong side of the carb. The vacuum gauge needs to be on the engine side of the throttle butterfly.

Peter
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Finch661 · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject:

ah ok, was just a thought, just means that i will need to buy a carb spacer with a hole in it

thanks
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Finch661 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:22 am Post subject:

oh just a thought, i take it that the vacuum advance port on the carb is on the wrong side aswell?
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Phil - Nottingham · Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 1252 Location: Nottingham

It is some of the time Wink

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