Man I miss the days when we used to just overhaul carburetors by feel

Back in the late 90s at a shop in Phoenix, I could rebuild a carb on a Piper by just looking at the float level and turning the mixture screw. Now everything is electronic fuel injection with these fancy engine monitors, and you gotta hook up a laptop just to set idle. Had a guy last week argue with me for 20 minutes because his Garmin readout said 0.1 psi off from what I felt was right. Has anyone else dealt with old timers who swear by the old gauges?

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lucaslee21d agoTop Commenter

Respectfully disagree, the numbers don't lie lmao.

blake32220d ago

Totally feel you on this, sometimes you just gotta trust your gut over the numbers.

perez.willow20d ago

Honestly @lucaslee I used to be in the same boat but going back through the raw data changed my mind completely. The numbers really do paint a pretty clear picture once you actually sit down with them.