Bought a Kaywoodie Carb Pipe, appearing to my untrained eye as being of the "Super Grade" line off of Ebay a while back for ~$10 range. The seller stated the pipe bit was out of time, but otherwise in good condition.
When I got it, it was off time by about an hour or so, in relation to the seated position. I set it back for a while and messed with it very little. After doing some web research (mostly looking at old advertisements), I came to the realization of exactly what the carb feature was supposed to do, and investigation revealed that the carb was plugged up with old residue. And by plugged, I mean PLUGGED.
Seeing as the pipe was no huge financial investment, I decided to see what I could do to fix both issues.
The first fix was to utilize pliers to gently twist the threaded stinger back into time. I found the stinger to move almost imperceptibly with minimal torque. it is not loose in any sense, but it would be easy to overtwist it and not know it. But I got it back in line after a few tries.
The carb hole was plugged up badly. I picked at it with a paper clip to no avail. So, I took some stainless steel fencing wire and made a "bit" for the power drill and reamed it out. Even this took a bit of time, but it finally went through.
End results:
When I got it, it was off time by about an hour or so, in relation to the seated position. I set it back for a while and messed with it very little. After doing some web research (mostly looking at old advertisements), I came to the realization of exactly what the carb feature was supposed to do, and investigation revealed that the carb was plugged up with old residue. And by plugged, I mean PLUGGED.
Seeing as the pipe was no huge financial investment, I decided to see what I could do to fix both issues.
The first fix was to utilize pliers to gently twist the threaded stinger back into time. I found the stinger to move almost imperceptibly with minimal torque. it is not loose in any sense, but it would be easy to overtwist it and not know it. But I got it back in line after a few tries.
The carb hole was plugged up badly. I picked at it with a paper clip to no avail. So, I took some stainless steel fencing wire and made a "bit" for the power drill and reamed it out. Even this took a bit of time, but it finally went through.
End results:
