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| techtalk:ref:engmech05a [2020/10/25 15:17] – [Using Spark Plug Boot Connectors] hippysmack | techtalk:ref:engmech05a [2023/12/21 16:47] (current) – hippysmack |
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| ====== Converting to Vent Line Extensions ====== | ====== Converting to Vent Line Extensions ====== |
| | Excerpts of posts by XLF member 1200C ((https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-intake-and-exhaust/sportster-motorcycle-air-intake-carburetor-efi-fuel-and-exhaust/28874-stock-air-cleaner-box-modifications?t=47848)) |
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| ===== Using Spark Plug Boot Connectors ===== | ===== Using Spark Plug Boot Connectors ===== |
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| * Parts: \\ Available at most auto parts stores. | * Parts: \\ Available at most auto parts stores. |
| **Note**: \\ | **Note**: \\ |
| Heat may soften the rubber over time and the rubber boots will have to be replaced to keep oil from leaking around them. \\ | Heat may soften the rubber over time and the rubber boots will have to be replaced to keep oil from leaking around them. \\ |
| | Click on any pic to enlarge: ((photos by 1200C of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-intake-and-exhaust/sportster-motorcycle-air-intake-carburetor-efi-fuel-and-exhaust/28874-stock-air-cleaner-box-modifications?t=47848)) \\ |
| | Hose splices in the spark plug boots. ((photo by 1200C of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47848))|Holes drilled in backing plate (not necessary). ((photo by 1200C of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47848))|Plastic hose "T" to splice both ends together. ((photo by 1200C of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47848))| | | Hose splices in the spark plug boots. | Holes drilled in backing plate (not necessary). | Plastic hose "T" to splice both ends together. | |
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| |All assembled. ((photo by 1200C of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47848))|Filter for the hose end (not necessary). ((photo by 1200C of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47848))|| | | All assembled. | Filter for the hose end (not necessary). || |
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| |Inlet holes in A/C plugged. ((photo by 1200C of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47848))| | | Inlet holes in A/C plugged. | |
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| ===== Vent Line Routing Pics ===== | ===== Vent Line Routing Pics ===== |
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| | Stainless breather hoses routed to the ground. ((photo by renpia of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=741784)) | | | Stainless breather hoses routed to the ground. ((photo by renpia of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-general-discussion-and-problems/33424-i-am-quitting-harley-s-forever/page3#post715969)) | |
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