Skinned Knuckles: All About Carburetors

Skinned Knuckles: All About Carburetors - Jay Leno's Garage

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10 жыл бұрын

Skinned Knuckles: All About Carburetors. Rebuilding your carburetor? It's your lucky day! Uncle Neil Maken is back with visual aids to help you do it right.
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@GaWajn 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Not everyone is a hot rodder. Some of us need or want to keep the old original carbs working. This will help.

@yarpos 9 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Not sure what all the wankers carrying on about EFI think they are achieving. The topic of the video was maintaining carbs, nothing about EFI. Most of the worlds small 4 stroke engines are carb operated, a lot of the classic cars people keep are carb operated. People know they can convert if the want (the cars at least) but they choose not to, who cares? I must have missed the announcement about EFI becoming a religion.

@walperstyle 10 жыл бұрын

I used to be into carbs, then I learned how AFR, EGT, AIT, TPS, MAP, FP, and other stuff is very important to engine operation. EFI and computers are around for a reason. Motec, Haltech, Vipec, even AEM... get with the times!

@twinturbo3470 10 жыл бұрын

working on carbs is a lost art. I have a 2005 Yamaha RX-1 Snowmobile (1000cc)that uses a four pack of carbs and I love it. They are so simple and very easy to tune. I think EFI is great but a part of me loves the simplicity

@maxiboyfm3a 10 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a new Neil Maken video. I wish the old skinned knuckled videos from the old Jay Leno's Garage NBC site would be put on KZfaq.

@adamskinner5868 6 жыл бұрын

Yet another useful eps with some great explanations and advice, keep it up guys, you rock.

@nccrawford 10 жыл бұрын

I love Jay and Skinned Knuckles- I just wish I hadn't read the comments... :(

@CorneliusSneedley 10 жыл бұрын

Very informative, thanks.

@fatramh 3 жыл бұрын

Great video,thank you

@darylcjackson 7 жыл бұрын

I signed up for skinned knuckles magazine. I recommend it highly. Lots of fantastic information, tips and techniques. But also excellent historical articles. I've learned a lot from the expertise of the writers and editor of Skinned Knuckles. Thanks for bringing this to our attention Jay.

@tillty24 10 жыл бұрын

Only the coolest racing transporter ever built!! And of course Jay has it. Too cool

@maxs9742 10 жыл бұрын

Great info.Jay thanks

@NovemberFoxtrotRC 10 жыл бұрын

Neat product. Thanks for sharing.

@paul87buick 10 жыл бұрын

Great information

@Berserkism 10 жыл бұрын

Pretty informative for me. Nice one.

@AWDfreak 10 жыл бұрын

I love modern technology, but it's always nice to understand the older technology and what's going on for the market of parts for classic cars. Despite wishing to daily drive a vehicle with EFI, my desire to purchase and own a carbureted vehicle has not faded. I appreciate the information and upload, thanks so much!

@sthier24 10 жыл бұрын

Great vid, thanks

@mayormc 5 жыл бұрын

I am not a gearhead at all, but I find these instructionals very interesting and educational. This is knowledge I could have used back when my '68 Dart would enjoy stalling out on Beverly Blvd.

@DJDevon3 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome episode. Please more instructional videos like this. I don't own a carb'd vehicle but find it fascinating. Charts made visual learning easy. Thank you.

@GasserGlass 10 жыл бұрын

Great Video..... Thanks for the Daytona Parts info, i need parts!

@jacknielsen7328 10 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@ephines8055 10 жыл бұрын

Nice info. I was just thinking about old Carter carb I have been saying I want to rebuild.

@johnpark1955 10 жыл бұрын

Got a Daytona kit for my '55 Buick, works great!

@cheddyrod 10 жыл бұрын

Hi Neil. Great to see you with Jay.

@watzonda2b 10 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Jay!

@DayRider76 10 жыл бұрын

I love/hate building carbs? Have a couple beers with Jay and break some s#!$! Now that sounds like fun!

@sethweese7594 10 жыл бұрын

I would have no problem rebuilding them, if after I was done, they would actually work !!!

@wtoddland 8 жыл бұрын

I got this unexpected reputation for being a carb wizard. I was just careful. A beer with Jay? Count me in!

@justhes 10 жыл бұрын

My carb rebuilt kit consist of 1 4bt Cummins, motor mounts, transmission, radiator hoses and misc tubing and wiring.

@njacob69 10 жыл бұрын

Great video

@PhilColodetti 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay for fixing the sound of your vid!

@tubewaldo 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this info, I have been having fits w a 14 hp Kholer dripping gas out the float vent

@weshilton6862 10 жыл бұрын

This is good information. I use a 800 dblpumper on my daily driver, and I am going to get some of these bad boys next time.

@TheMafyoz 10 жыл бұрын

JAY UR THE MAN!

@jpsolares 10 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation, I never imagine that. Litle detaits like a pro.

@Carking97 10 жыл бұрын

The blue miracle is in the background. I love how unique looking that Mercedes is.

@reijerlincoln 10 жыл бұрын

Good one!

@KostadinDelizhanski 7 жыл бұрын

2 years... I miss these videos so much

@OpenRoader 10 жыл бұрын

Another very useful video. As tech moves on, it does get harder to find OEM parts and in this case, better than OEM.

@WuManGroup 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jake. lol

@eamongavin8105 10 жыл бұрын

could listen to that guy all day!

@GamersBar 10 жыл бұрын

and thank you jay

@mick123789 10 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where i can buy a Banner / poster like the red SnapOn one in the background. Thanks

@zxtenn 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, never knew about the needle being magnetized-- interesting

@ledmk2 10 жыл бұрын

Nice vid.

@ipullstuffapart 10 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmm, seems to be a '55 Mercedes-Benz Renntransporter in the background, I wonder if that's going to be a future video? Pretty interesting.

@carrollsanders9376 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr Leno for the info on Carbs, hardly ever rebuild one any more most of what I do now requires Diesels. Prefer them to gas engines, much more durable And simpler to work on

@radiodave1 10 жыл бұрын

My teens drive a 1989 carburated Accord. (104,000miles!) and when I needed work done, I was surprised how many shops just told me flat out, "Oh its got a carburetor? We don't work on those..." Sad

@MitchellWilsonII 10 жыл бұрын

I really want to see a video on that Blue Mercedes off to the left. That thing looks crazy.

@jeremymtc 10 жыл бұрын

This is why I only use brass tipped needles. Aside from mechanical mismatch, the ethylene in current fuels can etch away the rubber tipped needles. I get a year out of brass tipped needles in the DCOEs on my daily driver, as opposed to 2-3 months from viton tipped needles.

@nicholassmerk 10 жыл бұрын

I've never had an issue with viton needles, so I'm not sure if this is baloney. I do like the idea of the gaskets being made out of fluorocarbon.

@Fixinthatupvideos 10 жыл бұрын

T=up - very good info

@xxJOKER97xx 10 жыл бұрын

Could you do a nissan patrol 1985 - 1986 and take it off-road? like the the jeep wrangler pickup you did a while back?

@ClassicTrialsChannel 10 жыл бұрын

do daytonaparts also do motorcycle carb service kits?

@ZeProfezional 9 жыл бұрын

Whats that blue mercedes in the background? Looks interesting!

@ProformanceTrucks 10 жыл бұрын

Just learned something new

@circuit-breakermi3865 10 жыл бұрын

One of the best tips yet! Even old resto tractors, motorcycles would benefit. ~Thanx and a tip o' the hat to Jay~ =D

@paulames3111 10 жыл бұрын

I work on a LOT of old cool cars with carbs and have never had an issue with floats, needles and seats from the kits locally sourced. Accelerator pumps are another story.

@sexymikeization 10 жыл бұрын

Hate to ask a probably dumb question but what's an accelerator pump?

@srercrcr 10 жыл бұрын

sexymikeization It's a really fast penile implant!!

@ekner 10 жыл бұрын

I always like how Jay lets Neil speak for most of these episodes whereas Jay will often interrupt his other guests. I think Jay has a special kind of respect for this man.

@fleetwin1 10 жыл бұрын

very interesting, never realized the inlet needles could become magnetized...

@MarkCoopersisqocracker 10 жыл бұрын

Unless you run on fumes, then you only need the throttle plate to control the demand to the motor. You get rid of a ton of fueling issues when you convert to that. Because not only can you do it different ways (fueling) you can mix what all is making the fumes too. Very cool indeed. Over 100 year old tech and we're still ignorant of it (most folks are).

@NSXTypeRGTRLM 10 жыл бұрын

Is Jay going to do a video on the Mercedes car carrier in the back?

@Dangerous_Drivers_of_CA 10 жыл бұрын

That accelerator pump looks like it belongs in a Carter AFB or possibly the newer Edelbrock design

@MCMonsterbuilder 10 жыл бұрын

What is this blue Benz thing on the left?

@77better8more 10 жыл бұрын

I gotta bookmark this link, way better than Ambien

@briekwelkenhuysen4755 10 жыл бұрын

OMG Is that a silver arrow transport truck in the background?

@TheTheeggmann 10 жыл бұрын

Do a review on that blue Mercedes-Benz pickup/transporter thing.

@revolutionday1 10 жыл бұрын

I've got a 1984 Ford EXP project car that I'm working on and it has a little 2 barrel carb. on it that might as well be an ostrich egg, as much (or little) as I know about them.

@DesertDigger1 9 жыл бұрын

Can you get a kit like that for a Briggs and Stratton 18 h.p. opposed twin cylinder? Great engine,but crappy carburetor.

@jameshiggins55 10 жыл бұрын

Do a video of that Mercedes Flatbed in the background.

@justsumguy2u 10 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, it's Old Uncle Peep! He might be related to Jessie Duke.

@TheSuperMotoHooligan 10 жыл бұрын

They make motorcycle carb parts?

@thedge7 10 жыл бұрын

You have the Blue Wonder and you are not showing us?!

@February54 10 жыл бұрын

I think it's not finished yet.

@CorneliusSneedley 10 жыл бұрын

Yes, I kept getting distracted by it. ;)

@Timinator62 10 жыл бұрын

I saw that too...I think there were only 3 of those made...I could be wrong, but wow how cool is that? Just needs W196 Streamliner to go with it.

@SauronsEye 10 жыл бұрын

Silly old bugger said, "Thank you Jake". How many times have you been on this show? lol.

@shartne 10 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a superior carb kit, Daytona parts.

@AlaskanFrontier1 9 жыл бұрын

Why wouldn't you go to a full steel needle valve? I have found they seal way better and are far more trustable

@PolyFPV 10 жыл бұрын

The orient? For real dude? lol

@nikkei325i 10 жыл бұрын

I am glad I am not the only one that noticed this

@-HustleUnion- 10 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for him to say "those cheap celestial made parts" lol. I think he did the best he could to tone down his racism

@srercrcr 10 жыл бұрын

Hustle Union It isn't rascism. Decades ago the Far East (Asia) was referred to as the Orient and people from those areas were Orientals. Just words, my friend. You're ignorance on the subject shows you don't have much knowledge of the world.

@-HustleUnion- 10 жыл бұрын

srercrcr your ignorance on thinking that you know if he is racist or not is clear. do you know for sure, I think not so don't do this " I know more shit then you" crap on youtube it was a joke captain obvious

@MishtahPoog 10 жыл бұрын

Hustle Union Yeah, "Oriental" was never inherently a derogatory or offensive term. It's just another way of essentially saying "Eastern". The issue with its use is more one of context; it's rarely a good decision to attempt to refer to an entire half of the Earth, containing such a massively broad array of peoples and cultures, in any certain terms. Usually when people use the term "Oriental" they tend to be using it in an ignorant and short-sighted way to begin with, which has lead to the perception that the word itself is bad. Further, during the time where discrimination against many Asian peoples was at its pinnacle, many used the term as a general descriptor for those groups, cementing in many an association between the two. One final note is that many perceive the term to be very Western centric, as divisions between what was and was not part of "the Orient" were largely (if not entirely) determined by those in Europe. Thus most of the people even familiar with the term tend to be from European or European-influenced countries.

@eformance 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jake???

@drogoscg1 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Jake???? lol!

@tocsa120ls 10 жыл бұрын

1. A Renntransporter in the background!!! WOOOOW!! 2. Ooooh, a fuel float valve, how nice. You don't need a book to fix that! What should I do if an imbecile who read an article in a magazine about tuning, thought he now understands carbs and fucked up the emulsifier tube? Most people don't even know there is a part under the main jet with 1-5 _thou_ holes in it, that's the MOST IMPORTANT part of the carb!

@1859ddd 10 жыл бұрын

Did he call Jay, Jake there at the end of the video when he thanked him? O.o

@anthonyzarlenga5282 10 жыл бұрын

OK great stuff. T U.

@MrKeyboardCommando 10 жыл бұрын

Ah, the Good Old Days !!!! Balancing carburettors, adjusting points, spraying carbon plug leads with damp repellent, servicing every 5,000 miles. Do I miss those Golden Times ????? Do I fucking hell as like !!!!!!!!

@sloperdude 9 жыл бұрын

It's not about that. It's about keeping classic cars in tune and original. I like EFI and electronic distributorless ignition too. I can only imagine how hard it would be to maintain cars like my minivan where I can't even get to the spark plugs if there were still points and non-Platinum plugs.

@MrKeyboardCommando 9 жыл бұрын

sloperdude If you're keeping your old jalopy in tune and original, then my first comment is exactly what you'll be doing. With your minivan, you don't even have to open the bonnet between services.

@sneakysnakepie1 10 жыл бұрын

Yea I kinda like my carb on my kx but its not a car lol

@peterssynthetics-independe6786 2 жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to Skinned Knuckles magazine?

@Mladjasmilic 10 жыл бұрын

Carbs are ancient technology . They have so many parts to go wrong , so it is best to be replaced . Companies could produce modular monopoint fuel injectors with integraded air flow meter , fuel flow meter and throtle position meter thah it interchangble with carb it replaces - brackets , sealing , pypes etc. Also , it connects to ignition switch . Gonvermets can force people to use them by having mandatory emition regulations for every road-legal car that none carb car could meet .

@Patrick94GSR 10 жыл бұрын

Government requiring modifications done to old cars? Hmm how about no.

@Mladjasmilic 10 жыл бұрын

For instance , China has outlawed pre-2005 made car due high polution . What is the point of forcing manufactures to make low poluting cars if there are still high poluting cars on the road . In UK , in order for car to pass MOT , brakes and steering must work , car has meet polution regulations , it should not be rusty on important places etc. I live in Serbia (southeastern Europe) and my grandfather has '88 Ford Sierra . After car has failed test because it was too smoky and to noisy , we had to do engine rebulid , clean carb and change exaust system . But as it is old car , it doesn't need to meet strict regulations as new cars , so it passed . In some cities in Europe , due to noise and polution , two-stroke cars like Trabbant are outlawed (google pics Trabbant smoke) . Cuba has very nice solution for this problem - as up to this year poeple could not legaly sell their cars , during years ther replaces gas guzzling V8 with more economical engines . So only thing you should replace in cars is it's old engine . Many musclecars owners do LS swaps for power , why other do not do swaps for cleaner air .

@t.steinbach36 10 жыл бұрын

Mladen Milić Hey boss, not harshing your style but here in America we believe in freedom. Government's job is to protect me from foreign invaders, print the money, and let everyone do whatever they want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. After that the government should get out of the way. As I understand you have a different idea of governmental responsibilities I will just say this: More power to you, I hope if we ever meet we can have a drink and teach each other all about each other's cars and women.

@Mladjasmilic 10 жыл бұрын

People are like small children - they do things they should not do because they think it is not bad for them . For instance , you have free gun trading laws , because you need gun for protection (but police is there to protect you, right) . You have situation where every madman or maniac could legaly owe a gun , and normal people that are becoming murdurers because they were protecting from them . Not to mention colateral damage . Imagine that there are no drinking and driving laws , no speed limits , no polution laws . It is more profitable to run factory without any filters , throwing garbage through window , taking food from shops when you are hungry , etc. Some people think that they are not hurting anyone else doing that . But some countries , like mine , are idiotic - they do not let me to build EV because in order to be road legal it must have data like displacement and engine number , fuel only can be gasoline or diesel , and for any modification they me to ask for manufacter's persmision for modification .

@twinterton5671 10 жыл бұрын

Did he call him Jake at the end?

@stirlingfromla 10 жыл бұрын

It's sad that they (DaytonaParts) don't carry any kits for Harley Davidson...who used carburetors until (at least) 2005.

@sloperdude 9 жыл бұрын

Can't you get them straight from Harley Davidson? Or are theirs made in China too? (I shudder at the thought).

@wtoddland 8 жыл бұрын

Hold on a sec. Is this guy the mechanic from AutoWeek?

@volkscom 10 жыл бұрын

Cawbwatorsss

@CODMASTA 10 жыл бұрын

Yeah gotta eat them pasta

@whoohaaXL 10 жыл бұрын

It doesn't care what fuel delivery system is on a car if you're a true petrol-head. There is always a way to make something better, but you should admire the car for what it is from the factory first and foremost

@jnzkngs 10 жыл бұрын

As hard as Neil can squeeze a penny for all it's worth, if he is telling us to buy the more expensive part it's got to be worth it.

@quickguesswho 10 жыл бұрын

EFI is better.. but i have more fun with my chevy nova(carb) on the weekend.

@studio571 10 жыл бұрын

carbs dont brake constantly... efi engines has way more problems.

@fraserwright9482 10 жыл бұрын

nice Mercedes renntransporter in the background.. fuel injected in 1950's

@beniamino939 5 жыл бұрын

This guy sounds like Barney Frank.

@JoBles360 10 жыл бұрын

did he call him jake?

@chocolatte6157 10 жыл бұрын

I thought I heard that too.

@pulseweld 10 жыл бұрын

Oh look, Jay found a fossil.

@johnnywatts8232 10 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA "The Orient".

@srercrcr 10 жыл бұрын

Decades ago the Far East (Asia) was referred to as the Orient and people from those areas were Orientals. Just words, my friend. You're ignorance on the subject shows you don't have much knowledge of the world.

@johnnywatts8232 10 жыл бұрын

srercrcr Thing is, I AM from "the Orient". Born and raised. I just find it funny that the dude's showing his age when he uses such an outdated term to racistly refer to us.

@srercrcr 10 жыл бұрын

John Hoo John, you're jumping to conclusions when you assume he is rascist. I remember National Geographic, a respected organization, having articles about traveling to the Orient. Does that make three generations of Americans all rascist? Good day!

@srercrcr 10 жыл бұрын

What about the Orient Express, a famous railroad? And the movie??? All rascist???

@johnnywatts8232 10 жыл бұрын

In case you didn't know, "Oriental" is a racist term for Asians these days, much like "Negro". Not that I take offense to it. It's just not with the times.