Skinned Knuckles: All About Carburetors - Jay Leno's Garage

[@GaWajn]

Thanks for this. Not everyone is a hot rodder. Some of us need or want to keep the old original carbs working. This will help.

[@yarpos]

Agreed. Not sure what all the wankers carrying on about EFI think they are achieving. The topic of the video was maintaining carbs, nothing about EFI. Most of the worlds small 4 stroke engines are carb operated, a lot of the classic cars people keep are carb operated. People know they can convert if the want (the cars at least) but they choose not to, who cares? I must have missed the announcement about EFI becoming a religion.

[@walperstyle]

I used to be into carbs, then I learned how AFR, EGT, AIT, TPS, MAP, FP, and other stuff is very important to engine operation. EFI and computers are around for a reason. Motec, Haltech, Vipec, even AEM... get with the times!

[@twinturbo3470]

working on carbs is a lost art. I have a 2005 Yamaha RX-1 Snowmobile (1000cc)that uses a four pack of carbs and I love it. They are so simple and very easy to tune. I think EFI is great but a part of me loves the simplicity

[@maxiboyfm3a]

Nice to see a new Neil Maken video. I wish the old skinned knuckled videos from the old Jay Leno's Garage NBC site would be put on KZbin.

[@darylcjackson]

I signed up for skinned knuckles magazine. I recommend it highly. Lots of fantastic information, tips and techniques. But also excellent historical articles. I've learned a lot from the expertise of the writers and editor of Skinned Knuckles. Thanks for bringing this to our attention Jay.

[@AWDfreak]

I love modern technology, but it's always nice to understand the older technology and what's going on for the market of parts for classic cars. Despite wishing to daily drive a vehicle with EFI, my desire to purchase and own a carbureted vehicle has not faded. I appreciate the information and upload, thanks so much!

[@DJDevon3]

Awesome episode. Please more instructional videos like this. I don't own a carb'd vehicle but find it fascinating. Charts made visual learning easy. Thank you.

[@tillty24]

Only the coolest racing transporter ever built!! And of course Jay has it. Too cool

[@mayormc]

I am not a gearhead at all, but I find these instructionals very interesting and educational. This is knowledge I could have used back when my '68 Dart would enjoy stalling out on Beverly Blvd.

[@ekner]

I always like how Jay lets Neil speak for most of these episodes whereas Jay will often interrupt his other guests. I think Jay has a special kind of respect for this man.

[@nccrawford]

I love Jay and Skinned Knuckles- I just wish I hadn't read the comments... :(

[@cheddyrod]

Hi Neil. Great to see you with Jay.

[@justhes]

My carb rebuilt kit consist of 1 4bt Cummins, motor mounts, transmission, radiator hoses and misc tubing and wiring.

[@johnpark1955]

Got a Daytona kit for my '55 Buick, works great!

[@OpenRoader]

Another very useful video. As tech moves on, it does get harder to find OEM parts and in this case, better than OEM.

[@Berserkism]

Pretty informative for me. Nice one.

[@GasserGlass]

Great Video..... Thanks for the Daytona Parts info, i need parts!

[@adamskinner5868]

Yet another useful eps with some great explanations and advice, keep it up guys, you rock.

[@ephines8055]

Nice info. I was just thinking about old Carter carb I have been saying I want to rebuild.

[@weshilton6862]

This is good information. I use a 800 dblpumper on my daily driver, and I am going to get some of these bad boys next time.

[@watzonda2b]

Thankyou Jay!

[@jeremymtc]

This is why I only use brass tipped needles. Aside from mechanical mismatch, the ethylene in current fuels can etch away the rubber tipped needles. I get a year out of brass tipped needles in the DCOEs on my daily driver, as opposed to 2-3 months from viton tipped needles.

[@carrollsanders9376]

Thanks Mr Leno for the info on Carbs, hardly ever rebuild one any more most of what I do now requires Diesels. Prefer them to gas engines, much more durable And simpler to work on

[@Carking97]

The blue miracle is in the background. I love how unique looking that Mercedes is.

[@radiodave1]

My teens drive a 1989 carburated Accord. (104,000miles!) and when I needed work done, I was surprised how many shops just told me flat out, "Oh its got a carburetor? We don't work on those..." Sad

[@paulames3111]

I work on a LOT of old cool cars with carbs and have never had an issue with floats, needles and seats from the kits locally sourced. Accelerator pumps are another story.

[@sexymikeization]

Hate to ask a probably dumb question but what's an accelerator pump?

[@srercrcr]

sexymikeization It's a really fast penile implant!!

[@WuManGroup]

Thank you Jake. lol

[@eamongavin8105]

could listen to that guy all day!

[@TheMafyoz]

JAY UR THE MAN!

[@PhilColodetti]

Thanks Jay for fixing the sound of your vid!

[@MarkCoopersisqocracker]

Unless you run on fumes, then you only need the throttle plate to control the demand to the motor. You get rid of a ton of fueling issues when you convert to that. Because not only can you do it different ways (fueling) you can mix what all is making the fumes too. Very cool indeed. Over 100 year old tech and we're still ignorant of it (most folks are).

[@KostadinDelizhanski]

2 years... I miss these videos so much

[@CorneliusSneedley]

Very informative, thanks.

[@GamersBar]

and thank you jay

[@ipullstuffapart]

Hmmmmm, seems to be a '55 Mercedes-Benz Renntransporter in the background, I wonder if that's going to be a future video? Pretty interesting.

[@tubewaldo]

Thank you for this info, I have been having fits w a 14 hp Kholer dripping gas out the float vent

[@DayRider76]

I love/hate building carbs? Have a couple beers with Jay and break some s#!$! Now that sounds like fun!

[@sethweese7594]

I would have no problem rebuilding them, if after I was done, they would actually work !!!

[@wtoddland]

I got this unexpected reputation for being a carb wizard. I was just careful. A beer with Jay? Count me in!

[@nicholassmerk]

I've never had an issue with viton needles, so I'm not sure if this is baloney. I do like the idea of the gaskets being made out of fluorocarbon.

[@fatramh]

Great video,thank you

[@jpsolares]

Nice explanation, I never imagine that. Litle detaits like a pro.

[@maxs9742]

Great info.Jay thanks

[@MitchellWilsonII]

I really want to see a video on that Blue Mercedes off to the left. That thing looks crazy.

[@paul87buick]

Great information

[@NovemberFoxtrotRC]

Neat product. Thanks for sharing.

[@reijerlincoln]

Good one!

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

T=up - very good info

[@zxtenn]

Wow, never knew about the needle being magnetized-- interesting

[@jacknielsen7328]

Great video!

[@sthier24]

Great vid, thanks

[@ZeProfezional]

Whats that blue mercedes in the background? Looks interesting!

[@fleetwin1]

very interesting, never realized the inlet needles could become magnetized...

[@ProformanceTrucks]

Just learned something new

[@njacob69]

Great video

[@ledmk2]

Nice vid.

[@Dangerous_Drivers_of_CA]

That accelerator pump looks like it belongs in a Carter AFB or possibly the newer Edelbrock design

[@xxJOKER97xx]

Could you do a nissan patrol 1985 - 1986 and take it off-road? like the the jeep wrangler pickup you did a while back?

[@NSXTypeRGTRLM]

Is Jay going to do a video on the Mercedes car carrier in the back?

[@circuit-breakermi3865]

One of the best tips yet! Even old resto tractors, motorcycles would benefit. ~Thanx and a tip o' the hat to Jay~ =D

[@ClassicTrialsChannel]

do daytonaparts also do motorcycle carb service kits?

[@77better8more]

I gotta bookmark this link, way better than Ambien

[@briekwelkenhuysen4755]

OMG Is that a silver arrow transport truck in the background?

[@TheTheeggmann]

Do a review on that blue Mercedes-Benz pickup/transporter thing.

[@thedge7]

You have the Blue Wonder and you are not showing us?!

[@February54]

I think it's not finished yet.

[@CorneliusSneedley]

Yes, I kept getting distracted by it. ;)

[@Timinator62]

I saw that too...I think there were only 3 of those made...I could be wrong, but wow how cool is that? Just needs W196 Streamliner to go with it.

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

Why wouldn't you go to a full steel needle valve? I have found they seal way better and are far more trustable

[@eformance]

Thank you Jake???

[@revolutionday1]

I've got a 1984 Ford EXP project car that I'm working on and it has a little 2 barrel carb. on it that might as well be an ostrich egg, as much (or little) as I know about them.

[@shartne]

That sounds like a superior carb kit, Daytona parts.

[@SauronsEye]

Silly old bugger said, "Thank you Jake". How many times have you been on this show? lol.

[@jameshiggins55]

Do a video of that Mercedes Flatbed in the background.

[@justsumguy2u]

Oh wow, it's Old Uncle Peep! He might be related to Jessie Duke.

[@MCMonsterbuilder]

What is this blue Benz thing on the left?

[@mick123789]

Does anyone know where i can buy a Banner / poster like the red SnapOn one in the background. Thanks

[@DesertDigger1]

Can you get a kit like that for a Briggs and Stratton 18 h.p. opposed twin cylinder? Great engine,but crappy carburetor.

[@Mladjasmilic]

Carbs are ancient technology . They have so many parts to go wrong , so it is best to be replaced . Companies could produce modular monopoint fuel injectors with integraded air flow meter , fuel flow meter and throtle position meter thah it interchangble with carb it replaces - brackets , sealing , pypes etc. Also , it connects to ignition switch . Gonvermets can force people to use them by having mandatory emition regulations for every road-legal car that none carb car could meet .

[@Patrick94GSR]

Government requiring modifications done to old cars? Hmm how about no.

[@Mladjasmilic]

For instance , China has outlawed pre-2005 made car due high polution . What is the point of forcing manufactures to make low poluting cars if there are still high poluting cars on the road . In UK , in order for car to pass MOT , brakes and steering must work , car has meet polution regulations , it should not be rusty on important places etc. I live in Serbia (southeastern Europe) and my grandfather has '88 Ford Sierra . After car has failed test because it was too smoky and to noisy , we had to do engine rebulid , clean carb and change exaust system . But as it is old car , it doesn't need to meet strict regulations as new cars , so it passed . In some cities in Europe , due to noise and polution , two-stroke cars like Trabbant are outlawed (google pics Trabbant smoke) . Cuba has very nice solution for this problem - as up to this year poeple could not legaly sell their cars , during years ther replaces gas guzzling V8 with more economical engines . So only thing you should replace in cars is it's old engine . Many musclecars owners do LS swaps for power , why other do not do swaps for cleaner air .

[@t.steinbach36]

Mladen Milić Hey boss, not harshing your style but here in America we believe in freedom. Government's job is to protect me from foreign invaders, print the money, and let everyone do whatever they want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. After that the government should get out of the way. As I understand you have a different idea of governmental responsibilities I will just say this: More power to you, I hope if we ever meet we can have a drink and teach each other all about each other's cars and women.

[@Mladjasmilic]

People are like small children - they do things they should not do because they think it is not bad for them . For instance , you have free gun trading laws , because you need gun for protection (but police is there to protect you, right) . You have situation where every madman or maniac could legaly owe a gun , and normal people that are becoming murdurers because they were protecting from them . Not to mention colateral damage . Imagine that there are no drinking and driving laws , no speed limits , no polution laws . It is more profitable to run factory without any filters , throwing garbage through window , taking food from shops when you are hungry , etc. Some people think that they are not hurting anyone else doing that . But some countries , like mine , are idiotic - they do not let me to build EV because in order to be road legal it must have data like displacement and engine number , fuel only can be gasoline or diesel , and for any modification they me to ask for manufacter's persmision for modification .

[@1859ddd]

Did he call Jay, Jake there at the end of the video when he thanked him? O.o

[@tocsa120ls]

1. A Renntransporter in the background!!! WOOOOW!! 2. Ooooh, a fuel float valve, how nice. You don't need a book to fix that! What should I do if an imbecile who read an article in a magazine about tuning, thought he now understands carbs and fucked up the emulsifier tube? Most people don't even know there is a part under the main jet with 1-5 _thou_ holes in it, that's the MOST IMPORTANT part of the carb!

[@TheCanadianCyclist]

They make motorcycle carb parts?

[@whoohaaXL]

It doesn't care what fuel delivery system is on a car if you're a true petrol-head. There is always a way to make something better, but you should admire the car for what it is from the factory first and foremost

[@MrKeyboardCommando]

Ah, the Good Old Days !!!! Balancing carburettors, adjusting points, spraying carbon plug leads with damp repellent, servicing every 5,000 miles. Do I miss those Golden Times ????? Do I fucking hell as like !!!!!!!!

[@sloperdude]

It's not about that. It's about keeping classic cars in tune and original. I like EFI and electronic distributorless ignition too. I can only imagine how hard it would be to maintain cars like my minivan where I can't even get to the spark plugs if there were still points and non-Platinum plugs.

[@MrKeyboardCommando]

sloperdude If you're keeping your old jalopy in tune and original, then my first comment is exactly what you'll be doing. With your minivan, you don't even have to open the bonnet between services.

[@PolyFPV]

The orient? For real dude? lol

[@nikkei325i]

I am glad I am not the only one that noticed this

[@-HustleUnion-]

I was waiting for him to say "those cheap celestial made parts" lol. I think he did the best he could to tone down his racism

[@srercrcr]

Hustle Union It isn't rascism. Decades ago the Far East (Asia) was referred to as the Orient and people from those areas were Orientals. Just words, my friend. You're ignorance on the subject shows you don't have much knowledge of the world.

[@-HustleUnion-]

srercrcr your ignorance on thinking that you know if he is racist or not is clear. do you know for sure, I think not so don't do this " I know more shit then you" crap on youtube it was a joke captain obvious

[@MishtahPoog]

Hustle Union Yeah, "Oriental" was never inherently a derogatory or offensive term. It's just another way of essentially saying "Eastern". The issue with its use is more one of context; it's rarely a good decision to attempt to refer to an entire half of the Earth, containing such a massively broad array of peoples and cultures, in any certain terms. Usually when people use the term "Oriental" they tend to be using it in an ignorant and short-sighted way to begin with, which has lead to the perception that the word itself is bad. Further, during the time where discrimination against many Asian peoples was at its pinnacle, many used the term as a general descriptor for those groups, cementing in many an association between the two. One final note is that many perceive the term to be very Western centric, as divisions between what was and was not part of "the Orient" were largely (if not entirely) determined by those in Europe. Thus most of the people even familiar with the term tend to be from European or European-influenced countries.

[@peterssynthetics-independe6786]

Whatever happened to Skinned Knuckles magazine?

[@stirlingfromla]

It's sad that they (DaytonaParts) don't carry any kits for Harley Davidson...who used carburetors until (at least) 2005.

[@sloperdude]

Can't you get them straight from Harley Davidson? Or are theirs made in China too? (I shudder at the thought).

[@drogoscg1]

Thank you, Jake???? lol!

[@twinterton5671]

Did he call him Jake at the end?

[@sneakysnakepie1]

Yea I kinda like my carb on my kx but its not a car lol

[@quickguesswho]

EFI is better.. but i have more fun with my chevy nova(carb) on the weekend.

[@studio571]

carbs dont brake constantly... efi engines has way more problems.

[@wtoddland]

Hold on a sec. Is this guy the mechanic from AutoWeek?

[@anthonyzarlenga5282]

OK great stuff. T U.

[@jnzkngs]

As hard as Neil can squeeze a penny for all it's worth, if he is telling us to buy the more expensive part it's got to be worth it.

[@CODMASTA]

Yeah gotta eat them pasta

[@volkscom]

Cawbwatorsss

[@fraserwright9482]

nice Mercedes renntransporter in the background.. fuel injected in 1950's

[@JoBles360]

did he call him jake?

[@chocolatte6157]

I thought I heard that too.

[@Gunny426HemiPlymouth]

Mercedes racing car hauler??

[@beniamino939]

This guy sounds like Barney Frank.

[@pulseweld]

Oh look, Jay found a fossil.

[@TakeDetour]

Buy American!

[@devilsclutch1304]

"the orient"

[@srercrcr]

Decades ago the Far East (Asia) was referred to as the Orient and people from those areas were Orientals. Just words, my friend.

[@-HustleUnion-]

srercrcr are you going to correct everyone here on this video? they also said "negro" back in the day when referring to black people does that sound like its ok to say nowadays no. "oriental" is a racist slur when not using it as a historical reference. look it up

[@marcbeaudin3238]

Holy crap Jay looks bored.