bgsengine wrote:creia wrote:KE4AVB wrote:Well i usually just use my mityvac tester to pressure a carburetor inverted so the float weight is on the needle valve and seat looking for pressure drop over 30-60 minutes.
You professional techs have all the cool tools and equipment!
While lowly garage hacks like me w/o all those goodies sometimes have to resort to "get-er-done" methods....
Michael
Swing on by Amazon and splurge a bit -
https://www.amazon.com/MV8000-Automotiv ... 00265M9SS/ ($42-ish at the moment) or book mark it and watch for used deals to come up. Pressure/Vac pump is useful for more than just carb testing- also can rig it to a sealed can (2 hose nipples in lid, hook vac pump to one, hook other to whatever you wanna drain, it can work as a tank drainer, for example - lots of things, just gotta use the imagination)
AMEN again: (about the mityvac)
That is a really fair price on that one.
Yes, save up and splurge on a Mityvac 8000. Put it on your to buy tool list.
It will help make you look like a PRO when you get your large box out with all the fittings and start putting it together for a test. You might even want to take a selfie of yourself with the tool doing tests and get on you tube with Tarral. (make sure your tooth is clean)
When you get one such as this with all the accessories get a large plastic tool box with a lift out lid so as to collect others accessories, such as hoses, adapters, etc.
I've got a older model that I have had for several years and have never had to kit the tool and I use it on automotive checking vacuum valves, bleeding brakes by myself, (do not need the helper pumping the brakes and causing a harsh communication problem
) checking carbs of all kinds, on and on.
Hint: I use a briggs fuel filter on the vacuum hose on mine to keep small particles from getting drawn into the tools check valves. I previously had to take it apart couple times and carefully clean the check valve.
No more carb flooding!