Carb cleaner

[prostockpete1]

I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger

[Ralph A Powell]

Just don’t leave it in too long!


QUOTE=prostockpete1;646685]I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger[/QUOTE]

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by prostockpete1

I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger

I have been trying to find the old GUNK brand 5 gallon barrel of carb soaking chemical, with no luck. I guess the greenies have deemed the good stuff enviromentally evil, and it seems that most of the "earth friendly" stuff basically is only good for making things get wet. Years ago, Safety Kleen used to offer a 15 gallon barrel, of carb cleaner, with an air operated agitator to swish the parts in the metal basket back and forth. Have not seen one of those in years.

[rod]

story about carb cleaning. I was working in a small garage, in Wichita, 1968. I was doing an old Carter. the piston type choke housing was full of nasty oily coke. carb went in the cleaner can. I tied a brass welding rod on the choke and tossed it in the hot tank for a few minutes, came out nice and clean. few days later, the hi school kid, who worked after school was doing a carb. did the same thing with his choke. except for about 1/2 hour. when he pulled the brass rod out, surprise. no fish on the line. I still think thats funny.
Rod in AZ

[prostockpete1]

Auto zone site shows bucket of cleaner with basket

[nwebber]

Safety-Kleen still has the referenced carb cleaner but the solution in not the same as it used to be. None of the carb cleaners have methylene chloride in them anymore that I am aware of. You can "brew" your own with about a 10% volume of the methylene chloride and 90% kerosene.. Quick search for it shows it to be a bit expensive though.

[L.Fite]

Berryman B-12 if you can find it and they haven't changed the formula...
Last batch I had finally ate through the drum...
Stuff smelled like carbolic acid to me...
Don't know what was in it but it worked...
Be sure and wear gloves and don't get any on you!...
Got some on my hand once...
It went numb...
Nasty stuff.

[GTX JOHN]

Do you find the Carb that you were look for a
few weeks ago?

I still have a couple new and a few used Edelbrock
Q Jets on the shelf.