Thread: Tuning in the Olden Days...

Im 41 and i have two of them, for ballancing the carbs on my bmw bike.
Richard

... young whipper-snapper....

I still have a Colortune, a Carbalancer, Stromberg mixture tool, timing light.
You never know when you might need one.
The Colortune is handy even with injection, as if you suspect it is rich on idle you can 100% check by looking in the combustion chambers.
Admiittedly I am 63.
Regards Philip A

I still carry in my Disco toolbox the special tube socket for removing the main jet from SB Stromberg carby as found on most early Holdens, never know I might need it one day, Regards Frank.

Colortune - never owned one but know what they are about.

Carbybalancer - gave mine to my BIL when I sold the Rangie

Watched a mate tune a small engine (pump IIRC) by the colour of the exhaust flame, he was an aircraft mechanic who cut his teeth on piston engines.


Martyn

Those are flash gadgets!
Why don't they use their ears like I do.
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Originally Posted by Tank

I still carry in my Disco toolbox the special tube socket for removing the main jet from SB Stromberg carby as found on most early Holdens, never know I might need it one day, Regards Frank.

Interesting Frank, I still have one in my toolbox as well, screwdriver bit one end for removing the plug and long socket on the other end for removing the jet. Looked at it recently when I was searching for something else and was going to pull it out then decided to leave it there - my line of thought is that soon after you took it out you would be needing it, not that I have any holdens any more, but that's just the hoarder I am. In the late 60's I used to know an old bloke at the Ford dealership in a west Qld town who could tune engines by ear, he would just turn the dizzy until he reckoned it was right and it usually was spot on.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I still have a Colortune, a Carbalancer, Stromberg mixture tool, timing light.
You never know when you might need one.
The Colortune is handy even with injection, as if you suspect it is rich on idle you can 100% check by looking in the combustion chambers.
Admiittedly I am 63.
Regards Philip A

Wow, you're,,, like,,, 'Olde', - Like...