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I made my own manometer and tried balancing my carb the other night and still had the gas tank on, and trying to get to the adjustment screw was not easy to say the least. I tried to bend an old screw driver (don't have a vice or torch yet) and this was not the best set up. I am looking for recommendations for the best tool to reach this adjusting screw without having to take the tank off. As always I am looking for your input and wisdom. Thanks. 
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Take the tank off, look a Dinqua's site, hard to see even with the tank off. At least for these old eyes, moved mine a pubimeter and changed the balance by 30 mm Hg..... 
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At Lowes, we stock a flexible extension for screwdrivers that take 1/4 inch hex bits. That might help.
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I use a phillips bit in a 1/4" drive ratchet that holds hex bits on the backside.
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Take the tank off, look a Dinqua's site, hard to see even with the tank off. At least for these old eyes, moved mine a pubimeter and changed the balance by 30 mm Hg.....
I agree...much easier to remove the tank...or at least moving it enough to get to the screw from the top.
I have a tool designed to hold 1/4 bits at a right angle but its not easy to get lined up and adjustment is sloppy.
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I've used an angle driver and also pliers.
At one point, I thought I'd change the screw out for a hex head, but couldn't figure out what the thread was.
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I use a pair of long handled needle nose pliers. Works well for the itty bitty adjustment that is usually needed.
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Come On Guys!!!
The tank comes off with one bolt at the base and 2 hoses the tank slides straight off the back. Sounds like the classic Technician vs Tool Design Engineer. Its really easy, and you prolly would have wished you did it in the first place. In the time it takes to read this post, you would have already been finished and back on the road.
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I think I will stick with my Morgan Carbtune and needle nosed pliers. Takes me all of about two minutes, start to finish. 
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I use a pair of long handled needle nose pliers. Works well for the itty bitty adjustment that is usually needed.
Me, too. And, I leave the tank on, it's not in the way.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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