Re: Carburetor Cleaner - Any Recipes ?
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Posted by Chris on June 19, 1998 at 20:50:12:
In Reply to: Carburetor Cleaner - Any Recipes ? posted by Ed Wilson on June 19, 1998 at 15:36:52:
I have yet to be beat by a carb when using a stripped bread bag tie. The wire is soft and will not damage or enlarge the passages yet will slide down the odd angles of the holes. I usually scratch out the dried varnish in the bowl with any handy tool (e.g., old screwdriver). With care you can get all visible remains out. For the outside, a friend of mine uses Easy-Off. I tried it with ok results. On the machines I normally work on, original restoration means painting the carb anyway and the surface was clean enough after this treatment. I have also sandblasted the outside but you are walking on thin ice with this because it is difficult to plug the vent sufficiently plus you obliterate the serial/model of the carb. : Commercial carburetor cleaner is quite expensive.
: Does anyone have a recipe for a mix it yourself
: cleaner using ingredients that are readily
: available ?
: To be specific I wish a solution that I can soak
: clogged carburetors or other parts and it will
: remove dried gas and essentially everything. : Thanks
: Ed Wilson - ewilson@trytel.com
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