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Old 04-10-2014, 11:26 AM   #2097
InitialBoss
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Re: Vacuum Gauge

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Originally Posted by VWNate1 View Post
Easy-Peasy ! .

It depends on what carby you have , unhook the various small vacuum hoses until you find one with a strong vacuum @ idle ~ when you disconnect the correct one , it'll whistle loudly , the engine will briefly speed up then die ~ connect it there , using a 'T' fitting and some new hose , 99 % of the time to old hoses are stiff and leaky ~ if any vacuum hose is easy to pull off it is BAD and making your engine suffer .

Let me know if you want to learn how to use this gauge to adjust the carby's idle mixture .

-Nate
Yeah i would love to learn more on how to tune with it. I'm not familiar at all with it. But i figured i have to learn sometime. Thanks for the info Nate!
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