YICS tool?

Who makes and sells this tool again? How much and how much is shipping to Canada?

james

 

I have these available and in-stock:

vv7) Reproduction YICS Port Blanking "Block-Off" Tool---this is the tool you'll need to perform a proper carb synchronization on any YICS motor......without it, you're just wasting time. This block-off tool is used to isolate each cylinder from the others while perfoming a carb synch. Updated version of the factory #90890-04068-00 tool. Some people claim that this tool is NOT needed to perform a proper synch; we disagree, and so do the Yamaha engineers who designed the YICS system. Quality aluminum tool features a snap-open and shut trunnion handle design like the original. This is NOT a cheap home-made tool and has all the proper seals, dimensions, and high-temp insulators as an original factory tool. IN STOCK!

HCP93 reproduction YICS port blanking tool, each:
$ 37.00


http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic ... t=180.html

 

To be fair, Len-all the home made YICS tools are not "cheap", nor ineffective. Yours is a steal for the price you're letting them go for.....it takes me several hours to build one up, and my time isn't free. But if the average DIY'er takes his or her time they, can end up with a high-quality repro without a lot of cash being expended.
That being said, had I seen yours for that price, I would've just bought it...

 

Aye Captain, you are very right! Some of them are, and I certainly wasn't meaning to cast any meaning towards your efforts, as it IS a quality piece. That wording above is the standard wording in my ad for that piece, I just cut-and-pasted.

The main (and thus expensive) differences between many of the home-made tools and the nicer ones are:

1) the quality and heat resistance of the tubing used to do the port block-off thing.....if it's not really high-temp silicone tubing, you'll end up with a gummy mess inside your engine!

b) the snap-over closure tunnion handle on the end---as pictured above on the far right hand side of your tool----the home-made directions usually state to substitute a nut and washer, and while that method will work, it's much less convenient. Purchasing or making that trunnion handle is a rather expensive part of the entire tool cost.

 

You have a PM

 

If you look around there is a thead that shows you how to make your own. It costs under or around $5.

 

Agreed....on all points! The handle was, by far, the most time-consuming part. Shortly after I shot this picture, I substituted clear silicone rubber hose rated at 600 degrees F. for the fuel hose shown here. Still, in the end, I probably had two hours into building this thing, and had I known you were selling them at that price, I would've bought one.