Had some bad carb icing really for the first time this past weekend.
Anyone every tried to come up with a cheap easy way to add carb heat to a sled where it wasn't an option? (liquid cooled)
buying carbs for a sled that did have carb heat is not an option...to expensive and no creativity!
Here's my thought -
get a couple thumb warmers and attach them to the carb body - say right below the throttle slide/cable nut on top. Wire them up to a small out of the way switch and there you go - carb heat.
The thumb warmer on my machine gets plenty hot (too hot for a gloved thumb if it's on high for very long) and the aluminum carb should transfer heat well. I think it could work but, it seems almost too easy, so I'm wondering what am I missing - can it be that simple?
Only problem I see is finding enough of a flat surface to relaly get the thumb warmer adhered well to the carb body - zip ties might help...or just wrap it in duct tape!
Another idea someone threw out was to wrap a coil of small flexible tubing (vinyl perhaps) around the carb bodies several times, then tap it into supply and return points in the cooling system with a shut off valve. When you turn the valve to open warm coolant circulates through and warms the carb.
Seems like another workable solution, but at first glance it doesn't seem like a very clean mod compared to the electric option.
Anyone every tried to come up with a cheap easy way to add carb heat to a sled where it wasn't an option? (liquid cooled)
buying carbs for a sled that did have carb heat is not an option...to expensive and no creativity!
Here's my thought -
get a couple thumb warmers and attach them to the carb body - say right below the throttle slide/cable nut on top. Wire them up to a small out of the way switch and there you go - carb heat.
The thumb warmer on my machine gets plenty hot (too hot for a gloved thumb if it's on high for very long) and the aluminum carb should transfer heat well. I think it could work but, it seems almost too easy, so I'm wondering what am I missing - can it be that simple?
Only problem I see is finding enough of a flat surface to relaly get the thumb warmer adhered well to the carb body - zip ties might help...or just wrap it in duct tape!
Another idea someone threw out was to wrap a coil of small flexible tubing (vinyl perhaps) around the carb bodies several times, then tap it into supply and return points in the cooling system with a shut off valve. When you turn the valve to open warm coolant circulates through and warms the carb.
Seems like another workable solution, but at first glance it doesn't seem like a very clean mod compared to the electric option.
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