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Awesome, thanks guys. Just ordered a flow meter and a vacuum gauge. I'm hopeful I'll at least be able to get the car started today – I'm just waiting on a banjo bolt for the fuel line that should be here shortly. I also found this page from Holley on adjusting idle mixture which I think will be...

@DrinkMan, question for ya I figured I'd ask here so that maybe someday someone with the same question will be able to find the answer: On the Zenith 35/40s, there's both an idle mixture adjustment screw (the brass screw on the bottom of the carb, under the throttle linkage) and an idle...

Oh, good to know about the Weber spacer. I hadn’t thought to look at spacers for other carbs that bolt on. The one reason could see this spacer not working is that it’s ~1.5mm thicker than the original (slightly increasing the intake manifold length), but I’d be quite surprised if that mattered...

Some random updates: We had our first gallery show in May, which was a lot of fun. I built some huge gallery rails for hanging the art (basically channels on the ceiling that nuts ride in, with adjustable-height cables hanging from them), and all the artists came and hung their work. Those...

Hahah, yeah...pretty sure the ravers are why the previous owners sold the house, too. Bushwick is definitely the wrong place to be if you want peace and quiet.

I'll PM you – I'm looking for all the resources I can find with getting these carbs back together. I looked up Pierre Hedary's videos, and there's some really good stuff there. I'm not that good with motorcycle carbs on a good day, so these are wayyy above my pay grade. Hah, that's a good trick...

Thanks! Me too :) I would have thought it was for soundproofing too, but they had built a stage in front of the back room and it wasn’t getting used at all, so I’m not sure. I’m guessing people had some respiratory problems, yeah, cus a few of my friends got pretty sick from being here during...

Ah well, it's only been...6 months?! Whoops. This winter was a whirlwind of concerts, trip planning, and a month-long moto trip through Mexico (thread on ADVrider, if anyone's interested). There has been a lot less garage-ing and a lot more music in here than I ever anticipated, and that was...

Got it -- thanks for the info.

Thanks for the heads up -- why does the way the fixture is hung affect what type of wire I need (stranded vs solid)?

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, there's a lot of weird stuff in here -- this is a warehouse I rent in Brooklyn, and (believe it or not) it's in way better shape than when I got it in January, but obviously there's still a ways to go. (thread here)

If you're referring to the string light wire being close to the fixture, it's a trick of the camera -- the string lights are ~2ft below the fixtures. Appreciate it, thanks for sharing your knowledge, and I'm all for constructive criticism. Another thing I've learned (which as you said, was the...

Yeah, I called it the wrong thing -- it's AC (the label says BX/AC-90).

I’ve been neglecting this thread for a long while…but finally, the calendar popups reminding me to update it have gotten the better of me. It’s been a packed few months. I was away for the majority of August, September, and October. And when I was here, there was always something...

It's not finalized, we just temporarily connected everything to test it before we finished it. Don't worry, it's not staying like that...we're running BX in the next few days.

Because this is my first ever electrical project and I had no idea -- don't know what you don't know sort of situation. I learned, and won't make the mistake again.

@cybrdyke solved the problem -- the spec sheet from the manufacturer showed them all in parallel, and as soon as we rewired them that way everything worked. Thanks!!

Ahh, thanks for sharing that datasheet -- their diagram has all the lights wired in parallel. I'll try re-wiring everything that way tomorrow and see if that fixes it. I'm sure that the sockets are non-shunted and the fixtures are single-ended...and I'm fairly sure the wires are run correctly...

First of all: this is my first ever real electrical project, so I might be missing something basic. I installed a bunch of 2-tube light fixtures in my shop, and ran all the conduit and wiring. There are three pairs of lights wired in parallel (each pair is wired in series), and then four lights...

Thank you! Yeah, it's finally starting to come together :) I'm stoked Totally. What fun would life be without any ****? When I was preparing to ride my '79 CX500 cross-country right after I graduated high school, someone on ADVrider said something to me about "embracing the ****," which is...