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lesingepsycho

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I'm rebuilding a set of SU's for my mom's '68 Midget to put it back to stock (currently has the 32/36 Weber DGV) I have the carb stripped all the way down and have been polishing the parts as I go. All the individual parts are practically mirrored at this point but now I'm down to the carb body itself and I was wondering what I can soak it in. Something that's not to expensive so that I can poor a bunch in a container and let it dissolve away the build-up. Any suggestions? Perhaps paint thinner? -mineral spirits? -carb cleaner? Carb cleaner seems like it would be too expensive to get a large enough quantity to "bathe" the carb body and as far as I know it only comes in aerosol cans. thanks!
 
I have found that a gallon can of "Berryman Chem-Dip All Purpose Carburetor & Parts Cleaner", a dip, is big enough to handle most parts & works very well. You can reuse it forever. Follow the directions on the can.
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Hello LSP,
I hope you have not polished the piston (at it's major diameter) and inside the dashpot, as they should have as little abrading as possible.
Cellulose paint thinner I find is quite an effective carburettor cleaner.

Alec
 
Thanks for the advice. I polished all the linkages and all the parts that would be seen but left the inner workings untouched as I didn't want to disturb their movements. For getting all those hard to reach places and parts that I wouldn't be polishing, I picked up a bucket of the Berryman Chem-tool Chem-dip for carbs... that stuff works GREAT! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif Thanks for the advice on that one. 15-20 minutes in the solution and the parts came out looking like they were brand new off the assembly line (well, almost, but what do you expect for 30+ year old parts!! I was up until 2:00AM last night reassembling and refitting all the parts. The carbs look great (and hopefully they'll work as good as the look!) Thanks again for the good words of advice. Cheers /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
JACK
 
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