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Re: Colortune system

Date : Fri, 28 May 2004 11:44:31 -0400
To : <virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From : "Douglas W. St.Clair" <dwstclair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject : Re: Colortune system
On 5/28/04 10:43 AM, "Michael Blinn" <mblinn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It's a see-through plug that you use that allows you to see the results of
> leaning/richening the idle mixture screw. Red is too rich, yellow too lean
> and blue right on? Something like that?
> 
> I wanted one for awhile but gave up on the idea.
> 
I worked with a guy from England who had previously worked in a factory
building large stationary diesel engines. He said they adjusted the
injectors by taking off the exhaust manifold and then watching the flame,
about 2 feet long, coming out of the exhaust port.

-- 
Doug
Tir na nOg 
[Tir na nOg is a mythical place where no one ever gets old. It is the land
of the forever young in an Irish legend.]
Copyright ) 2003 Douglas W. St.Clair
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