77 Johnson 115 Dual reed petals

[Rick Davis]

In the process of doing a top

In the process of doing a top end job on this motor. One half of bank four reed plate has two reed petals on it.
Whatsup with that..
Is this the factory setup?

Thanks
Rick

 

[joereeves]

"Rick.... If what you're s

"Rick.... If what you're saying is that the leaf plate (reed plate) assy has four (4) leafs on one side and only two (2) on the other side... No, that's not a factory setup.

Joe

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[Rick Davis]

" I'll try again...
Each

" I'll try again...
Each reed plate on cyls 1-3 has two leaf petals. A single reed petal on each face of the reed block. Cyl #4 has three leafs, a double petal (back to back to increas tension?)on one side of the block and a single petal on the other.
There are four reed blocks, nine reed petals total.
It's like they are attempting to restrict the flow to cyl #4 for some reason. I don't believe this intake has been off this engine since new. Gasket looked original, had factory paint still on it.

Thanks Joe

Rick "

 

[joereeves]

"Rick.... Frankly I've nev

"Rick.... Frankly I've never heard of such a thing and have no idea why that reed box would have two (2) leaf valves installed on one side. I just checked every leaf valve plate assembly I have to see if possibly one might be rigged that way. They aren't. I would assume that someone goofed when that one was assembled.... a case of two stuck together upon assembly. Weird!

Joe

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