To be a deep-woods saw doctor, your basic tool assortment should include a chain-repair tool, 4 min allen wrench, 5 mm allen wrench, flat file, 7/32 round file, 3/16 round file, 5/32 round file, 13-21 mm combination wrench-scrcwdriver, 19-21 mm combination wrench-screwdriver, bent-jaw needle-nose pliers; saw-chain repair parts, spare sparkplug, universal piston stop,
carburetor screwdriver with built-in magnet, bar-groove cleaning tool, raker filing gauge, spare screw assortment; sparkplug gap gauge, spare starter rope.
ACF Industries subsidiaries Carter
Carburetor Corp.
The pilot was surprised that the
carburetor ice took so long to clear.
Unless you're an A&P, adjusting
carburetors may not be an approved owner-performed task.
Then you unscrew about four nuts that bolt down the
carburetor, and you're done.
Mr Coombes said pilots flying planes with
carburetor engines should check regularly for loss of revs using a choke-like engine heating device.
CFD Simulations are carried out on the producer gas
carburetor geometric model as shown in Figure 1.
You will need plenty of clean, lint-free rags; some
carburetor cleaner (visit your local auto parts store; I prefer aerosol carb cleaner); glass, glazed-ceramic or metal containers (or plastic that you know won't be dissolved by the cleaner); eye protection; and chemically stable gloves.
The testing have carried on retiring to the followings the engine's running in; the determination of the dynamic and of consumption's performances according to SR ISO 1585/1998 and the
carburetor variant; the determination of the STAS 6635/87 and of the combustible consumption's performance according to; in the fuel injection's variant; the comparison of the obtained results in the two equipment variant presented in the figures 1,2, and 3 (Blaga, 2000), (Blaga, 2005).
Now an official Air Accident Investigation Branch report into the incident has concluded that the aircraft suffered an in flight engine failure, probably as a result of
carburetor icing.
Carburetor cleaner was the culprit substance in 97% of inhalation cases, while ingestions involved mostly windshield washer fluid (48%) and
carburetor cleaner (25%).