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Quick and easy carb stand

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by mlew, Jun 8, 2018.

  1. mlew

    mlew Well-Known Member

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    I have seen a few versions of carb stands here. Some folks spending quite a bit on PVC fittings. Mine is made from a few scraps of 3/4 plywood and costs almost nothing and is easily stored when done.
    The wood was cut to equal length and attached to a back board. The left board only has one screw to allow some adjustment for carb spacing .Tops are cut to just fit between 2 carbs. Takes just a few minutes to make one.
     

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    Neat idea. How do you adjust to get the carbs perfectly level? Don’t understand the “one screw.”
     
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    wow, fancy. I just threw 4 deck screws in a 4x6 chunk I had laying around. :) The screw heads line up with the corner bolts on the end float bowls.
     
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    One of the uprights has 2 screws holding it square to the back long piece of wood. The other has 1 screw to allow it to move a little to adjust to the carb rack.
    As long as the table it level the carbs are level since both uprights are square and the same length
     
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    I did try that but had a hard time connecting the drain tubes to the bottom of the carbs and keeping the rack from slipping off the screws.
     
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    And it has a built in note pad for float level spec's. Nice work!
     
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    if you have old carb to manifold boots you can make a holder from them too.
     

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