feedback carburetor

[unknown]

Since I have it all torn apart, I thought I would post some pics of the carb. Hopefully this will help someone break down some or all of the vacuum line routing on there carb'd Festy.

[unknown]

I have a lot of pics. Sadly, in order to get them on here I had to reduce them to 15% of there actual size. I am planning on taking the full sized pics into Windows Paint program to better illustrate the vacuum routing (once I learn it myself). If anyone sees something wrong, or wants to add some information PLEASE do so. I want this to be as helpful as possible to my fellow carb'd Festy owners.

[unknown]

The full sized pics are huge. If your like me, you look at those grainy b&w pics in the Haynes manual and shake your head. If anyone would like the full sized pics, pm me an e-mail addy, and I will do my best to hook you up. Maybe one of you that is both familiar with the carb and vacuum routing, and the use of a Windows paint program, could do some illustrating.

[WmWatt]

Nice photos. I use www.photobucket.com for free photo storage, one album per project, then include a link to the album in the posting here. Others who post here do the same.

[unknown]

more pics...

[unknown]

And...more pics...

[unknown]

more.....

[FestYboy]

easiest way to post multiple pix on one shot is to sign up for imageshack or (i prefer) Photobucket. then you just copy the links to the area i'm typing in now and the pix show up!! and they;re resized for you!

[unknown]

and more....

[unknown]

Thanks for that info guys. I have lots more pics. And I am going to take even more. Hopefully I can have a photobucket account set up sometime tonight and share the link.

[nitrofarm]

Not me !

Nice photos. I use www.photobucket.com for free photo storage, one album per project, then include a link to the album in the posting here. Others who post here do the same.

LOL that would make waaaaay to much sense. I thought thats why its called a "photo bucket". You take your pics and them put em in the bucket

[nitrofarm]

That carb looks new

Since I have it all torn apart, I thought I would post some pics of the carb. Hopefully this will help someone break down some or all of the vacuum line routing on there carb'd Festy.

That carb is sooooo clean. If it doesnt run good,at least it will look good. I havent seen anyone give one of these carbs this much love since I joined.But most of the carbs I've seen have all the hose's plugged with bolts.And they are covered in road grime. Good luck I wish you well.Just try not to spend much dough on that Engineering master piece :nono:

[denguy]

My word.........when they pass, whomever dreamed up all of that bundle of snakes in the first place should see to it that their brain is put in a glass jar and donated to Harvard for further study.

[WmWatt]

^^^The mechanical feedback carburettor is no less complex than the software in the automated carburettor-computer combination, you just don't see it, which also means you aren't able to tweek it. I read about a guy who wrote his own computer program and loaded it into his computer on a BMW but it cost him a lot in specialized equipment to do it.

[unknown]

I don't find it to be terribly complicated. I mean, compared to a Weber set up it is, but it isn't rocket science. The problems I have with it are, diagrams that are not to scale, pictures that are small, grainy, and in black and white, and the frustration that all of the above bring. If one of these manuals were to start from the carburetor, pick a specific vacuum port, tell where the hose goes, and then move to the next one, that would be great.

I know kartracer posted an explanation on routing from the sensors to the breathers, that made more sense the first time I read it, than staring at the diagram for a week did.
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