It was not quite so easy to put in a newcarburetor as Jerry had thought, however, for the bullet that put out of commission this very necessary part of the motor’s equipment had also smashed a feed pipe.
This is a bullet from a high-powered rifle, and it’s lucky it smashed the carburetor instead of us.
She wasn’t getting any gas, and the spare carburetor wasn’t in service.
Why, we needed that spare part of thecarburetor and he said he’d go to town for it.
When he said carburetor it was just like running up a scale of music.
She said the carburetor must be wrong, and that she needed priming.
He decided to simplify the construction and operation of his carburetor and had a small bronze casting made to form the body of it.
Now only the lack of a carburetor prevented a trial of the vehicle.
Gasoline passed from the carburetor chamber through a needle valve, adjusted by a knob on top, then through a tiny tube that entered the pipe leading to the intake valve.
No provision was made, however, for a burner to heat the tube; nor had a carburetor been designed, though it had been decided not to use a surface tank carburetor.
A carburetor had not been built, nor had a satisfactory burner or belt-shifting device.
Clamped onto the valve housing is the intake pipe, enclosing the choke and carrying the carburetor on its forward side.
The present carburetor was transferred over from the first engine.
As the operator of the vehicle had no control over the carburetor once he climbed into the seat, this governor was necessary to maintain regular engine speed.
Manifolds from junk engines were bolted to the wheels but this time carburetor flanges were covered by wooden shingles because Solomon figured he couldn't afford to ruin four salable hub caps just to get rid of his old sedans.
First, the intake manifold came off and was bolted to the clutch housing so the carburetor mounting flange faced skyward.
The cap was laid on the carburetor flange and stuck in place with painter's masking tape.
But I had been doin' some thinkin' and I looks the Kid in the eye, "What does this carburetor thing look like?
Not a thing--only it ain't got no carburetor in it, that's all!
Dabs his mouth with his napkin like a watchmaker tinkering the carburetor in a wrist watch.
He changed the carburetor adjustment, and Foster got a weary chug-chug that ceased almost as soon as it had begun.
First look over the ignition system and spark plug for trouble, and also make sure that the carburetor is receiving fuel.
If more time than this is required, carburetor adjustments, position of the choke lever, etc.
Do not change thecarburetor setting whenever the engine does not act properly.
He's taken off part of the carburetor and the motor is no good until I get a new one.
His first care was to feel in his pocket to see if the carburetor parts, that had cost him all his trouble, were safe.
Bright and early on Monday each boy was fitting the new carburetor parts to his cycle.
The carburetor was opened, the spark lever of the magneto was advanced to its limit, and we shot through the waters like a torpedo boat.
The magneto was pushed, the carburetor opened, and out we rushed after the shouting beasts.
Ned went on, "except that the carburetor has been tampered with.
With a perfect muffler, automatic carburetor and lubrication, it was a machine to cover miles silently and with little danger of delay.
Carburetor icing was an impossibility because there was no carburetor.
Not having a carburetor the engine could not backfire, further reducing the fire hazard.
The carburetor is a tank which contains the supply of gasoline and is so constructed as to permit the air from the blower to most readily take up the gasoline vapor.
In order to obtain gas that will always be of the same quality and at the same time use gasoline in an efficient manner, the gas machine must be composed of three essential parts: the blower, the carburetor and the mixer.
In the figure the carburetor is marked 1; the mixer 2 stands at the end of the blower, which is numbered 3.
The carburetor in this case is also the storage tank, as shown in detail in Fig.
The counterweight is made adjustable by the device marked movable adjusting weight--in the drawing--which permits the quantity of entering gas to be slightly changed as the gasoline in the carburetor grows old.
The vapor-saturated air now leaves the carburetor by pipe 9, in Fig.
The carburetor is divided laterally into two or more compartments, depending on the size of the plant to be accommodated.
The entering gas from the carburetor being heavier than the desired mixture, will raise the float and in so doing will open the air valve and allow the air from the blower to enter.
Carbon dioxide still exhales up through your lungs, but the vein back to the left auricle is routed through the carburetor and supercharged with oxygen.
The carburetor flushes his blood with oxygen, the decompression tank adjusts him to the lack of air-pressure.
I am sure that the trifling disorder in the carburetor may be corrected.
But it was not until nightfall, in the midst of a desolation of plains, that carburetor trouble of a most disturbing character developed.
If we try to start a motor on a cold morning with a low-grade gasoline, such as the 60- or 62-degree fuel now generally obtained, we know that a rag dipped in hot water and wound around the carburetorwill help matters.
A carburetor may be adjusted for different motors, or for different operating conditions of the same motor, by means of the needle valve.
The air for the operation of the motor at ordinary speeds is supplied through a fixed opening in the carburetor connected with the chamber into which the gasoline spray is introduced.
Nearly every carburetor is provided with a "flushing" or "priming" pin by means of which the float can be depressed so that the gasoline chamber will be filled rapidly to a point above its normal level.
Some of these systems are provided with a shut-off cock by means of which the carburetor may be operated with hot water in the jackets, or not, as desired.
A flooded carburetoroften gives trouble, and while it may be remedied easily, the amateur may experience difficulty in locating its source.
This is another feature in which the Diesel motor is entirely different from the Otto type, for the latter must employ a carburetor to vaporize the fuel before it can be admitted to the cylinder.
If the carburetor flushes easily, it is evident that there is no serious stoppage in the pipe.
When this condition is obtained, the throttle should be opened and the further adjustment of the carburetor for high speeds of the motor should then be made through the auxiliary air valve.
The proper lubrication of the motor is even more necessary than is the adjustment of the carburetor or the condition of the ignition system.
This is known as a "flooded" carburetor and produces a rich mixture which will ultimately prevent the proper operation of the motor.
Were the gasoline fed directly from the fuel tank to the needle valve of the carburetor it is evident that the rate of flow of the liquid would depend, to a large extent, upon the amount in the tank and upon the position of the car.
If the charge is drawn directly into the base from the carburetor, a check valve must be used in the pipe connecting the two; otherwise the mixture would be forced back into the carburetor the instant the piston began its descent.
This tube and needle constitute, under various guises, the "needle valve" with which practically every modern carburetor is equipped.
To be sure, if either the carburetor or the ignition system is out of order, the motor will not run, but no actual harm to the mechanism will result from this fact.
Tubby knew that Merritt was piling in every ounce of gasoline the carburetor could take care of.
The carburetorhad become clogged, and it was soon in working order again.
The carburetor had gotten out of adjustment and the gasoline was not feeding properly.
The clutch was not rightly adjusted and the carburetor float feed needed fixing.
The gasoline supply tank is seen on the left-hand side of the testing frame, as viewed in Plate 82, the carburetor being placed below it and the gas supply pipe from the carburetor passing through the gasoline tank.
Somewhat more than a dozen carburetors of various forms were constructed before this last type was devised, but this proved so satisfactory that there were never thereafter any carburetor troubles.
The young engineer pointed to the carburetor of the two forward cylinders.
Joe got fresh spark plugs from the locker where the extra parts were kept, and, while Ding-dong fitted them, he started adjusting the carburetor which had been so skillfully tampered with.
Flooding thecarburetor with gasoline, he gave the engine a quick turn over.
The carburetor was packed with sand, which had worked up into the spray plug and completely blocked the fine grooves cut in it.
The stores haven't reported a call for spare carburetor parts.
If the owner had a spare switch key, it was totally unlikely that the carburetor parts were duplicated.
With the ignition key and a carburetor needle and float removed, the helicopter, tied once more to its stakes, was in no danger of being removed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "carburetor" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
