Davida vacuum gauges or simular

[PeterR]

I want to buy a set of four/three balancing gauges for carbs.Done a search but cant find anywhere that actually sells them at around £80 can any help.I have seen Morgan gauges but the machanic asked for Dial gauges.Any direct links or phone numbers or names please.Thanks

[chris123]

Originally Posted by PeterR

I want to buy a set of four/three balancing gauges for carbs.Done a search but cant find anywhere that actually sells them at around £80 can any help.I have seen Morgan gauges but the machanic asked for Dial gauges.Any direct links or phone numbers or names please.Thanks

Did you mean to say 'anywhere that sells them for less than £80?'

Plenty of places at around £85 (£65 for the 3 way), eg:

http://www.cwylde.co.uk/product.php?xProd=77
http://www.customlids.co.uk/accessor...ida_guages.htm

Full list of Davida stockists here:

http://www.davida.co.uk/dealers_country.php?id=76

There's a cheaper alternative here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CARB-CARBURETTOR-VACUUM-BALANCER-GAUGE-2-4-CYLINDER_W0QQitemZ280270952777QQcmdZViewItemQQptZU K_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item280270952777&_trksid=p 3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1299|66%3A2|65%3A12|39% 3A1|240%3A1318

or here:

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=501011

But Davida have the best reputation.

Or you could look second hand:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DAVIDA-VACUUM-GAUGES-use-with-SUZUKI-HONDA-YAMAHA_W0QQitemZ140292206073QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item140292206073&_trksid=p32 86.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1299|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A 1|240%3A1318

Or else try a copy of Motor Cycle News.

Cheers

Chris

[PeterR]

Thanks thats briliant The price is what i was told they would be about and i could only find one company that sold precision made 316 s/steel ones(I,m not very good you see on the computer)I will now look through the list and order from the most conveint place .Thanks again

[chris123]

Originally Posted by PeterR

Thanks thats briliant The price is what i was told they would be about and i could only find one company that sold precision made 316 s/steel ones(I,m not very good you see on the computer)I will now look through the list and order from the most conveint place .Thanks again

Ah, they are not 316 stainless steel - they are a mix of brass and copper alloy (for the vacuum retaining bits) and carbon steel (mounting plate etc).

http://www.davida.co.uk/type.php?id=gauges

I doubt you would be able to get them in 316 (do they need to be?)

Cheers

Chris

[PeterR]

Originally Posted by chris123

Ah, they are not 316 stainless steel - they are a mix of brass and copper alloy (for the vacuum retaining bits) and carbon steel (mounting plate etc).

http://www.davida.co.uk/type.php?id=gauges

I doubt you would be able to get them in 316 (do they need to be?)

Cheers

Chris

Hello Chris,What youve shown me is perfect .The ones i mention in stainless was all i found on google and not what i wanted.The ebay ones are the davida ones would be ideal however the plan will be to use them this coming weekend so will order from a shop .Thanks again. Although if any members have a set they would like to sell me at a fair price i would be happy to buy them

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by PeterR

Hello Chris,What youve shown me is perfect .The ones i mention in stainless was all i found on google and not what i wanted.The ebay ones are the davida ones would be ideal however the plan will be to use them this coming weekend so will order from a shop .Thanks again. Although if any members have a set they would like to sell me at a fair price i would be happy to buy them

The ones sold by M and P are also available as a bank of 4-I've got a couple of sets of them here and they are quite good-but the plastic damping screws in the lines go brittle and snap after a couple of years.

[PeterR]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

The ones sold by M and P are also available as a bank of 4-I've got a couple of sets of them here and they are quite good-but the plastic damping screws in the lines go brittle and snap after a couple of years.

Do you want to pm me the price and are the plastic screws ok at the moment Thanks Peter

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by PeterR

Do you want to pm me the price and are the plastic screws ok at the moment Thanks Peter

Sorry, not selling them as I use them regularly-was just pointing out that there's a cheaper option than paying for new Davida gauges.

They are actually identical to the 34.99 ones on ebay.