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Automotive
Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.
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bench grinder
Automotive; Motorcycles
A power grinder with round abrasive stones mounted on either end of a special electric motor, for rough grinding of ferrous metals.
pilot air screw
Automotive; Motorcycles
A screw mounted on side of carburetor that allows fine adjustment of air-fuel ratio in pilot circuit of slide type carburetor.
jet
Automotive; Motorcycles
A carburetor component, usually made of brass, which meters flow of fuel to venturi. Fuel is metered by a small hole drilled through centre of jet.
bleeder-type needle circuit
Automotive; Motorcycles
Air from carburetor air jet is mixed with fuel in body of needle jet making an air-fuel froth. The mixture is then metered into throat of carburetor by jet needle and needle jet.
pilot circuit
Automotive; Motorcycles
A carburetor circuit that provides proper air-fuel ratio from approximately zero to one-eighth throttle opening. It basically consists of a pilot jet, pilot air screw or pilot ...
junction block
Automotive; Motorcycles
A device that transfers action of a single cable to two or more cables.
blow-by
Automotive; Motorcycles
When piston rings do not effectively seal combustion pressure, allowing hot gases to blow between rings and cylinder wall. This causes overheating of piston and poor performance.
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