General Category > Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips

cleaning carburetor body and parts

(1/2) > >>

72LuxuryLeMansLa.:
I am going to rebuild a couple Q-jets. The cleaner that I used 25 years ago, last time I did this, is "Berryman Chem-dip" and it is now useless. I swear this stuff is about as useful as Formula 409 and smells just like it (ammonia base). I am not going to spend the money required for an ultrasonic cleaner for two carburetors unless this is BY FAR the best way to do this. Will soaking everything in a bucket of mineral spirits work? Is there a time limit to soak these things in mineral spirits? Is the ultrasonic cleaner the only really great option? I used them to clean Helicopter altimeters and airspeed indicators years ago so I know they work well.

Karl

Ethan1:

--- Quote from: 72LuxuryLeMansLa. on April 25, 2012, 11:07:19 AM ---I am going to rebuild a couple Q-jets. The cleaner that I used 25 years ago, last time I did this, is "Berryman Chem-dip" and it is now useless. I swear this stuff is about as useful as Formula 409 and smells just like it (ammonia base). I am not going to spend the money required for an ultrasonic cleaner for two carburetors unless this is BY FAR the best way to do this. Will soaking everything in a bucket of mineral spirits work? Is there a time limit to soak these things in mineral spirits? Is the ultrasonic cleaner the only really great option? I used them to clean Helicopter altimeters and airspeed indicators years ago so I know they work well.

Karl

--- End quote ---

 Welcome to Cliff's High Performance!

 I've used SuperClean before and it works great. Beware though, it takes EVERYTHING off. Including the plating on the flaps, etc.

Frank400:
Not wanting to hijack this thread but when you say SuperClean removes everything including the plating, do you mean when left soaking for too long ?  If so, how long (max) should it soak so as not to remove any plating ?  Frank.

TommyK:
I'm going to try Pinesol on the next one I do.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=560117&page=15

Ethan1:

--- Quote from: Frank400 on April 25, 2012, 02:10:31 PM ---Not wanting to hijack this thread but when you say SuperClean removes everything including the plating, do you mean when left soaking for too long ?  If so, how long (max) should it soak so as not to remove any plating ?  Frank.

--- End quote ---

 Frank,
 Yes, if left in the solution for too long, it will do that. That's a mistake I made and now I take all the flaps off (Choke, secondaries, primaries, etc.). The rest of the linkage and stuff will probably need replated anyways, so I just put the rest in the SuperClean. It removes the dirt and crud pretty quick. You may try the Mineral Spirits as well. That is good stuff, too.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page