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From: [email protected] (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: Carb Cleaners - Do they work??? (Performance?) Carb rebuild?
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Dan Day) writes:
>In article [email protected] (Doug Schaffer) writes:
>>
>>How hard is a carb rebuild for moderately experienced backyard mechanic?
>>I've done my clutch and miscellaneous little engine fixes.
>
>The hardest part is usually getting the darned thing off the intake
>manifold. Rebuilding a carb is fun, if you're into things with
>lots of little parts. I used to rebuild them for all my friends'
>cars in high school, so it doesn't take a PhD. Buy a carb rebuilding
>kit from an auto supply store. Buy a gallon of the best carb cleaning
>solvent you can find (do they still make Tyme?) -- as a rule of thumb,
>buy the one with the scariest warning labels. Put it into a metal(!)
>bucket. Make yourself a dipping can by punching holes in the bottom of
>a coffee can and attaching a wire handle to it. If the carb cleaner
>doesn't strip the paint right off the coffee can, you're not
>using the right stuff. Use the can to soak the little stuff, and
>just hang the big parts from a coat hanger. Wash them off with a
>garden hose, wipe off excess water with paper towels, and air dry.
>Then remember where all the little parts go. Follow the rebuild
>kit's instructions concerning float height, choke tension, etc.
>Bolt it back on the engine and admire the super-clean carb on the
>filthy engine.
Heed this man's warnings! If you get carb cleaner this strong on
your hands, your hands will be eaten away. Not pretty. Hence the "dipping
can" method.
Later,
--
Chris BeHanna DoD# 114 1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide - Jubilee's Red Lady
[email protected] 1975 CB360T - Baby Bike
Disclaimer: Now why would NEC 1991 ZX-11 - needs a name
agree with any of this anyway? I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.