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I can't wait for the fancy welded manifold so I'm making one from PVC
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<blockquote data-quote="chuck c" data-source="post: 132829" data-attributes="member: 2907"><p>You guys are gonna love this one.</p><p></p><p>I haven't messed with it for a couple days so I went out to make sure the battery was charging, etc. and got a whiff of gas when I open the garage. Hmm. That's not normal. I look at the right side of the engine and my nice engine paint that I was so proud of was destroyed. Gas drip. I see a drop fall from where the manifold goes into #3 intake horn. Not good. Loosen intake horn clamp. Much gas. Loosen intake horn screws at the head. SPLOOSH. </p><p></p><p>It was full from the intake valve to the top of the horn. So was #1. :doh: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]10047[/ATTACH]</p><p>That's gas. Here's what it looks like now.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]10048[/ATTACH]</p><p>I removed all the horns, I got out the gas and pulled the plugs. The left bank didn't have any in it but if the valves were open it got into the cylinders. I'll let it evaporate overnight- too much fumes to risk cranking it. </p><p></p><p>Both my previous bike and my current one have vacuum controlled fuel valves so I've gotten bit careless about shutting them off. Not to worry, it has a fuel pump so it's not going to get up to the carb if I do leave it on, right?</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Wrong. So very, very, wrong.</em></p><p></p><p>The damaged paint did show 2 possible leak locations in the manifold. They appear to be right where I said it was weakest, where the cut down sections had very little mechanical strength. I probably cracked them when I wrestled the horns on. So a bit of a setback, but I didn't have any other plans for tomorrow anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chuck c, post: 132829, member: 2907"] You guys are gonna love this one. I haven't messed with it for a couple days so I went out to make sure the battery was charging, etc. and got a whiff of gas when I open the garage. Hmm. That's not normal. I look at the right side of the engine and my nice engine paint that I was so proud of was destroyed. Gas drip. I see a drop fall from where the manifold goes into #3 intake horn. Not good. Loosen intake horn clamp. Much gas. Loosen intake horn screws at the head. SPLOOSH. It was full from the intake valve to the top of the horn. So was #1. :doh: [ATTACH type="full" alt="141003_0000.jpg"]10047._xfImport[/ATTACH] That's gas. Here's what it looks like now. [ATTACH type="full" alt="141003_0002.jpg"]10048._xfImport[/ATTACH] I removed all the horns, I got out the gas and pulled the plugs. The left bank didn't have any in it but if the valves were open it got into the cylinders. I'll let it evaporate overnight- too much fumes to risk cranking it. Both my previous bike and my current one have vacuum controlled fuel valves so I've gotten bit careless about shutting them off. Not to worry, it has a fuel pump so it's not going to get up to the carb if I do leave it on, right? [i] Wrong. So very, very, wrong.[/i] The damaged paint did show 2 possible leak locations in the manifold. They appear to be right where I said it was weakest, where the cut down sections had very little mechanical strength. I probably cracked them when I wrestled the horns on. So a bit of a setback, but I didn't have any other plans for tomorrow anyway. [/QUOTE]
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