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US 4,100,663 AGranted
Carburetor, kit and tool for use therein
OwnerJames R. Cruminventor
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Abstract
Changing the jets of a Holley carburetor is greatly simplified by an L-shaped adapter which permits the jets to face upward. The jets are removed through access holes drilled in the upper wall of the float bowl by a special screwdriver/gripping tool.
Claims8
A method of simplifying changing the jets of a carburetor of the type including a carburetor body, a metering block on the side of the carburetor body, a pair of jets threaded into the exterior of the metering block, and a float chamber defined in part by said metering block and in part by a float bowl, said method comprising, in a desired order, the steps of:
- replacing said jets with adapters, each adapter including an L-shaped passage, one end of said passage communicating with the metering block and the other end forming an upwardly facing threaded bore for threaded replacement jets,
- providing access opening means in an upper wall of said float bowl for removing said replacement jets from said adapters and replacing said replacement jets in said adapters without removing said float bowl from said metering block, and
- assembling said replacement jets within said upwardly facing threaded bores of said adapters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.