Please, Please, Please, educate yourself before you attempt an at home garage project.

"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
03/18/2014 at 16:32 • Filed to: None

Short work rant, have an Alfa.

Just had a guy call in, "I just bought an exhaust for my Harley and if I give you the exhaust part number could you tell me what fuel injectors I will need for my carburetor?"

Yes, I know exactly which fuel injectors you need for your carbed bike based on some random exhaust part number. The correct answer, of course, being NONE, because you can only have one or the other, not both. I will keep a weary eye out for your CL special price on that Harley though...

DISCUSSION (20)

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 16:40

hahahaha. I've gotten very few comments in today (oddly busy day at work). but this is great.

And here I thought all garage trouble started with an alfa!

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 16:40

Excuse me. Can you tell me what medication I need if I give you my shoe size and Lays flavor preference.

CAR_IS_MI > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
03/18/2014 at 16:41

Apparently you don't know many Harley owners...

CAR_IS_MI > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
03/18/2014 at 16:42

All of them...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 16:43

no you're 100% right, Harley's are probably more troublesome than an old Alfa (or at least comparable).
You should have told him the most expensive fuel injectors on the market.
Would have got it to that CL special quicker....

davedave1111 > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 16:43

Aren't you being a bit harsh on the guy for calling it an injector rather than a jet? Pretty obvious what he meant, I'd have said, and it's not like he was way off: the jets do inject fuel, so to speak.

Chris Clarke > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 16:44

I'm guessing he wanted to know about carb jets?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > davedave1111
03/18/2014 at 16:55

I think you might be giving him too much credit lol

CAR_IS_MI > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
03/18/2014 at 16:58

Yea, every Harley has a major short... it's between the seat and the rider.

Roberto G. > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 17:05

May be he was meaning "fuel nozzles": small bolt-like brass thingies, with a hole in the middle.

Kinja'd!!!

CAR_IS_MI > davedave1111
03/18/2014 at 17:09

I gave you the short run of the conversation. And yes, I have a major pet peeve for people who don't call things what they really are, especially when my work pertains to those items.

For example, you tell me you need to upgrade your injectors, I do all the math and tell you what you need to upgrade to, you buy those parts and call me back screaming foul because I told you to buy them and they don't fit your carburetor and now the manufacturer wants a 15% restocking fee. (and yes, this scenario is quite possible as there were some models where they changed from carb to FI mid model, and some where there were sold one way or the other and later converted (carb to fi, vice versa))

CAR_IS_MI > Chris Clarke
03/18/2014 at 17:09

Yes, he needed jets.

CAR_IS_MI > Roberto G.
03/18/2014 at 17:10

He was speaking of a jetting upgrade.

Roberto G. > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 17:12

That's what I said. Those in my picture are "carburetor nozzles" in 'Urop, and "jets" in 'Murica. True is that all those I've seen so far, had an hexagonal head while these in the pic are for a flat screwdriver. Worldwide world is a big world.

CAR_IS_MI > Roberto G.
03/18/2014 at 17:14

I know.

davedave1111 > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 18:24

Heh, try doing IT support. 'My hard disk is broken' does not mean send out a new hard disk without further corroboration :)

CAR_IS_MI > davedave1111
03/18/2014 at 18:26

Oh I do a little bit of that as well. Like the guy who used a sex changer to change a 9 pin RS232 end to try and plug it into a VGA port and was confused why he his computer kept saying device not found on com port.

davedave1111 > CAR_IS_MI
03/18/2014 at 18:27

Must have found the advice on ExpertSexchange.com...

CAR_IS_MI > davedave1111
03/18/2014 at 18:29

Lol, no I run that website too.. I mean HAhHAHAHaha!!!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI
03/19/2014 at 09:19

lol