The Linkert carburetor for this Harley Davidson Panhead project, Elsie, or L.C., is ready to complete. We'll do that, and when we're done, it will be ready to install.
I'm 69 and the same here...I forgot about all the things I fogot about. I have a brand new project bike to do over the upcoming cold New York Winter. I will certainly refer to Mike's videos about 100 times I'm sure. Thanks Mike !
I just spied an old 1940's Plomb "pebble" 1 inch combination wrench on the work bench! (at about 1:03) Plomb was a premium brand of hand tools from Los Angeles and the pebble style wrenches date from about 1945-1948. Plomb invented the combination wrench, by the way. Before that, box wrenches and open end wrenches were always separate tools. After 1948 Plomb changed their brand name to Proto, that of course we know to this day. I've got some old Plomb tools from my grandfather, too, including some first generation combination wrenches.
There's a lot of history there. My dad knew it all. I wish we had him here to ask. I have quite a Plumb collection. If I remember correctly, there were two companies. One was "Plomb." The other was "Plumb." I actually have a couple of "Plomb" tools around. There were legal battles and "Plumb" won. Mine are from my Dad and tnen some I've picked up "here and there." Fun stuff.
Were at 5,400 ft in the mountains of Prescott AZ. My Heritage is injected but you can tell the difference in performance when I ride down the hill to about 2,000 ft elevation....Good video Mike.....Thanks!
I'm telling you guys. You're riding up the mountain, the altitude change is pretty intense, but it's a beautiful day, reach down, turn the high speed needle on that beautiful brass gem, in a couple of clicks, and she takes off like a scared rabbit. Sorry, I forgot: you guys have electronics to think for you, they sometimes think a little slow.
Love your videos, Mike. Watching your videos is like taking a Master Class in motorcycle maintenance. On top of all that, there is always one or two moments when you say something really funny. Keep on doing what you're doing, man. We all love it.
Hey Mike, thanks for all the great videos. It is my estimation that you are the Bob Ross of motorcycle building and maintenance with your calming demeanor and delivery not to mention the fountain of knowledge and experience you share with your viewers! I recently did my first complete top end rebuild and engine paint job on my 1990 FLSTC Evo with 85,000 original miles, all mine, by following your step by step instruction videos of the same era of motor. Upon manually checking the valves and timing before closing it up I discovered that I had a bad lifter and well worn cam that needed to be replaced and lo and behold I found a video of that too!! When I finally got it back together I crossed my fingers and hit the starter, and...she started right up!! A little timing adjustment and she's running like a top. Just in time for winter storage here in Minnesota. I'm anxious to get her out in the spring. In the meantime I'm going to enjoy watching you build your project bikes, especially the flathead stroker. Thank you, Mike, and keep up the great work!!
Great video Mike. You always have a calm attitude even when there’s a slight hiccup in the shoot. I think that neighbor’s dog is out to get you. Way to drive on. Great information!
Mike, thamks for taking me down memory lane. This takes me back to the Tillotson on my 71 FLH. Fun back in the day. The last carb was on my 05 WG when I put in the Sportster needle in the CV. Now I'm lazy with FI.. Came a long way baby...
I believe asbestos is still being used in these copper crush gaskets. googled it and many sources still make these with that material. many advantages to this material and it being packaged in this way does not present a danger to you handling or in close proximity to it. I don't want to know what that stuff in hot dogs is
'In the clearing sits an airman, so wire-locking gave him trade, & he carries the reminders, of every time he searched for things, with his fingers in the darkness, & his digits all got stabbed . . . "I am bleeding, I am bleeding & the last guy got the laugh" . . .(swearwords various) & "tra la la la." etc. First time ever in close-up, these carbs really are beautiful pieces of kit - 'Isambard Kingdom-Spraybar' or what . . . ? However, once set up & running to taste, I fear I would be twitching to wire-lock a few things. 'Scheming low, seeking out the virgin corners where the little holes could go, looking for the places, only we would know.' Greetings from Sherwood's sanest idiot, & as it's my b'day, I feel I'm about to get rather 'Simon & Irrigated'. 'Y'all' : )
Hi Mike Really enjoyed this video. It was timely, as I am putting my '46 UL back together and starting on the carb. I was curious why you don't mention use of the various drills (#55, #70 etc)? The drills are supposed to clean small passages as described in the the service manual for the 41-47 Big Twin (which covers my bike) as well in the "Panhead Service Manual, 1948-1957 Rigid." Be interested in your thoughts. Again, thanks so much. You are such a great resource and so generous sharing your knowledge.
I'm looking at this video and I can see the size of the wrench that you're using on the lock nut. That's quite the wrench. So my guess is the answer to my question is that I do not have it tight enough..... I'm just leary of over tightening it.
I don't know. Quality piece, infinitely adjustable. Jet changes not required. Adjustable while riding at any altitude. I thoroughly enjoy mine. I use bigger carburetors for bigger engines. Yes, there are great carburetors on the market.
Some brands just don't fit well. I think you're speaking of Evo or Twin Cam exhausts. You just need to "fight' them into the ports with your fingers. Or, you could try genuine Harley gaskets.
Hi Mike &Mike ! I have a question that is kinda related and it is this, "Does unleaded fuel affect the valves on the old Harleys? . Seems to me I remember sodium filled valves for car engines when they started taking out the lead in fuel. But like some of your other viewers I'm old and can't remember. I really enjoy the M&M crew !
Thank You. I remember, but today's valves are so much better than the stuff we had years ago, I can't even tell you. I put a set of Manley stainless valves in my Panhead over 25 years ago. I used cast iron guides and lapped them into the original bronze valve seats. Couldn't afford new seats and they were pretty deep. I lapped them in and they've been there ever since. Someday, I'll put new valves (not sure what I'll use) and new seats in her. But she's running so well at the moment. Where I used to have a shop, there was a machine shop across town that had about a two hundred thousand dollar guide and seat machine. I had them do my customer's heads because they could easily attain a level of accuracy that I couldn't do by hand. But my old stuff doesn't seem to wear out. I normally lap in new stuff before anything goes bad.
No, I haven't worked on one of those in years. I used to remove the choke plate and shaft (plug the holes from the choke shaft) add a "flow ring" which you could order, fits inside the air filter, same one fits an early Keihin and it worked pretty good. Only thing is, it would be harder to kickstart, electric didn't care much. Adjustable main jet helped. Accelerator pump required a little massaging. Then I got into SU's.
Go to our RU-vid Homepage and click on "videos." There are some early ones on my yellow Knucklehead, where I tune it. Same carb as Babydoll (my Panhead). Hopefully, we will be starting this Panhead I've been working on tomorrow, at which point, I'll show adjusting her carburetor (Linkert M74 B).
When I drop a part I never have a replacement handy and I can never find the item that was dropped! Parts vanish when dropped in my seemingly haunted garage.
