Mark Olson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> (E-Mail Removed) wrote: > In uk.rec.motorcycles.classic The Older
> Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote: >>> There is probably a
> cheap set of vacuum testers available somewhere >>> but why spend cash if
> I can avoid it. >> Don't be a pikey. Buy the gauges. Once you have 'em,
> you have 'em for >> life, and they're hyper-useful.
> >
> > What do you suggest ?.
>
> Morgan Carbtune II/Pro, no question.
>
> Avoid dial gauges, Hg analogue gauges or the non-Hg equivalent like
> the Carbtune is the mutt's.

That said, my dial gauges have seen me in good stead for 20 years.


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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (E-Mail Removed) (The
Older Gentleman) saying something like:

>> Morgan Carbtune II/Pro, no question.

The Morgan Carbtune, in its various incarnations, has been very good.
Amazingly simple and dead reliable.

>> Avoid dial gauges, Hg analogue gauges or the non-Hg equivalent like
>> the Carbtune is the mutt's.
>
>That said, my dial gauges have seen me in good stead for 20 years.

Ditto. One thing I make a point of doing is zero them to a common carb
before I start, if they haven't been used for ages. They never drift out
much anyway, and the real knack is to damp them properly.

In uk.rec.motorcycles.classic Mark Olson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > In uk.rec.motorcycles.classic The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >>> There is probably a cheap set of vacuum testers available somewhere
> >>> but why spend cash if I can avoid it.
> >> Don't be a pikey. Buy the gauges. Once you have 'em, you have 'em for
> >> life, and they're hyper-useful.
> >
> > What do you suggest ?.
>
> Morgan Carbtune II/Pro, no question.

Ordered.
I suppose one can never have too many tools.

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On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:21:12 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>drugs began to take hold. I remember (E-Mail Removed) (The
>Older Gentleman) saying something like:
>
>>> Morgan Carbtune II/Pro, no question.
>
>The Morgan Carbtune, in its various incarnations, has been very good.
>Amazingly simple and dead reliable.
>
>>> Avoid dial gauges, Hg analogue gauges or the non-Hg equivalent like
>>> the Carbtune is the mutt's.
>>
>>That said, my dial gauges have seen me in good stead for 20 years.
>
>Ditto. One thing I make a point of doing is zero them to a common carb
>before I start, if they haven't been used for ages. They never drift out
>much anyway, and the real knack is to damp them properly.

I've been using a twin[1] gauge type for years - damping's never a
problem and the few times I've tried swapping them oves as a check,
the difference has been negligible. Damping's never been a problem.

I bought a twin one I *think* because that's all I had at the time and
I was too broke/pikey to pay for a four-cylinder version.


[1] yes, fours too. It just involves swapping over the hoses &
blanking plugs a couple of times.

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On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:48:15 +0100, Pip Luscher
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've been using a twin[1] gauge type for years - damping's never a
>problem and the few times I've tried swapping them oves as a check,
>the difference has been negligible. Damping's never been a problem.
>
>I bought a twin one I *think* because that's all I had at the time and
>I was too broke/pikey to pay for a four-cylinder version.
>
>
>[1] yes, fours too. It just involves swapping over the hoses &
>blanking plugs a couple of times.

Bad form and all - did I mention that damping's never been a problem?

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Pip Luscher wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:48:15 +0100, Pip Luscher
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I've been using a twin[1] gauge type for years - damping's never a
>> problem and the few times I've tried swapping them oves as a check,
>> the difference has been negligible. Damping's never been a problem.
>>
>> I bought a twin one I *think* because that's all I had at the time
>> and I was too broke/pikey to pay for a four-cylinder version.
>>
>>
>> [1] yes, fours too. It just involves swapping over the hoses &
>> blanking plugs a couple of times.
>
> Bad form and all - did I mention that damping's never been a problem?

You may have. But enough of that - was damping ever a problem?