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Partially Restored 74 CB550
Bryanj:
Or from the workshop point of view unlucky, damn pd carbs
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I used a dwell gauge since the mid 1960s when I learnt it was a more accurate way if setting contact breakers.
IIRC it was a multi meter type unit - I don't think it was a particularly expensive item at the time.
Truth is members here will follow the advice of those with a proven track record or look to reinforce existing personal bias in terms of solutions & outcome.
Interestingly one issue that crops up regularly is bleeding front brakes. It appears that some members have never had a problem even when using quite different methods to reach the same outcome. I pump fluid up using a large syringe at the caliper end until fluid appears at the master cylinder reservoir. It works for me but not for some. I don't think this makes my method invalid it just means for some it fails to work for unidentified reasons.
deltarider:
They were bloody expensive here. Usually they doubled as Tach/Dwell meters. Some had more functions. I have two analogue ones that each cost a week salary in the 70s. Now you can find them cheap on ebay. You'd better not use the extra functions some had. Readings Ohms wasn't as good as a cheap digital meter now is, and the accuracy of the Amps function was a joke.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: deltarider on December 15, 2023, 02:42:13 PM ---They were bloody expensive here. Usually they doubled as Tach/Dwell meters. Some had more functions. I have two analogue ones that each cost a week salary in the 70s. Now you can find them cheap on ebay. You'd better not use the extra functions some had. Readings Ohms wasn't as good as a cheap digital meter now is, and the accuracy of the Amps function was a joke.
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Where is here, not the UK?
Bryanj:
I proved to an apprentice that i could be as accurate with a feeler gauge as he was with a dwell box, it is down to experience and practice.
All the 500/550 are not the same, there are at least 2 different advancers with different advance curves, when i was in the trade i NEVER had a bad set of daichi contacts OR condenser, now its different due to change of factory and QC.
Delta you are very pedantic that you are always right, you say dont fit fuel filters, i used them for years and again never once had a problem.
We all have our own ways of doing things, points gap is specified as 0.35mm or 14 thou and i bought feeler sets with those sizes specifically, i also never use a strobe only do static timing and again never a problem, there is also a fixation about not using rtv gasket, its fine WHEN USED VERY THINLY.
More and more we could go on about, i started working on bikes for a living in 1975, part time from 1972 and have done most Japanese, most English and have even worked on the rarest Ducati the 750ss, nice ride by the way,
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