> So can I just lay a 3 bolt carb/filter gasket over the airbox to
>locate the new holes?
Probably can. I don't think I have any filter gaskets so I traced the front
of the carb (rather poorly)

> What else aside from the bolts holding airbox to carbs? It came with some
> oddball quasi circular plates with little, 90º tubes that were probably
> emission related. Looks like these plates go inside the airbox and should
> still be used to clamp box to carbs, no?

The holes are in the wrong place. I just kissed them off. On another engine/
car combination I had aircleaners furnished by JCW Inc. held on to HD8 carbs
by 5/16" bolts with nuts inside. One of the nuts got loose, got between the #2
piston and head and cocked the piston in the cylinder, splitting it from top
to bottom. Big bore block with thin cylinder walls, I guess. Pretty traumatic
in any case, at least the sound it made and the 2 1/2 gallons of gray stuff
in the crankcase. That is why I now have a 6-bolt engine with an 8-bolt block.

> Did you use a separate washer to keep the bolts from chewing up the inside
> of the airbox? (see quasi circular plates above)

No. The green file folder stock I used is pretty durable.

> What's a good hose to use? flexible dryer duct, any idea for good matching
> ID hose welcome.
Take your lid to an auto parts/supply store and see if they don't have something
close.


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George Downs, The "original" Walrus3, Bartlesville, Oklahoma