[rons old ford]

Something I learned from some antique outboard guys was to use a 50/50 mix of Pinesol and water as a carb cleaner. Soak carb parts overnight in this stuff and blow them dry with compressed air. Cheaper, safer, and smells better than the expensive canned cleaners.

It seems to do well in breaking down oily or varnished-up parts.

 

[Tracor_Newbie]

I tried a 1:10 mix of Simple Green. I left a few parts to soak overnight, and it didn't eat the paint of anything, and the bare metal is now nice and shiny.

 

[Grand Sierra]

I have been keeping my eye on this post for ideas I'm always buying carb cleaner!

 

[Tractor-Holic]

Toilet bowl cleaner works great,but you must not leave the carb in too long,or it will "Vanish"!....I have boiled carbs in white vinegar on my wood stove ,that works well too....I hate wasting 5 bucks on a can of carb or brake cleaner--it should cost a dollar,in my opinion....GOUGE is the word when it comes to gas,oil,coolant,and any automotive chemicals lately....I saw a WD-40 can the size of a breath freshener selling for 4.50 yesterday at Autozone!..I used to get a 16-20 oz. can for 2.50 not all that long ago!...they must think we just print money or something...

 

[wilber]

Here u go not very difficult

http://www.cyclepsycho.com/crockpot/crockpot.html

W

 

[Tracor_Newbie]

Here u go not very difficult

http://www.cyclepsycho.com/crockpot/crockpot.html

W

Considering I'm working in a (pretty much) unheated garage, I'd much rather this then have to fish parts out of a bucket of cold simple green. . . .Now to find a crock pot!

 

[LilysDad]

Here u go not very difficult

http://www.cyclepsycho.com/crockpot/crockpot.html

W

Great idea!!!:fing32:

 

[marlboro180]

Oh, Mr's M is gonna have a funny look on her face when she realizes that I'm not cooking stew in the garage with her Nesco.....

 

[Ken in NJ]

Oh, Mr's M is gonna have a funny look on her face when she realizes that I'm not cooking stew in the garage with her Nesco.....

I was thinking the same thing, prizes to whomever gets the biggest rolling pin up side the head. :fing32: must have pic proof.

 

[CADplans]

Can you use "Greased Lightning" instead of Simple Green??
I bought a 5 gallon of GL because it cost half of what the gallons cost.

:dunno:

 

[tomw0]

When working on old mechanical clock mechanisms, which can get pretty crudded up with years of oilings and accumulated grime, a very experienced horologist(maybe..) suggested that I use hot water and ammonia. The ammonia dissolved the grease and built up mess, and the heat of the water made parts readily dry with minimum toweling.
Not too sure how well it would dissolve gum/varnish/WhoKnows that inhabits todays carburetors, but I sure would give it a try.
When we did automatic transmission cases, we would 'hot tank' them in water with lye, covered by a minimal layer of oil, I think, to keep it from evaporating. At least I think it was lye. Aluminum came out looking like new, as did Fe cases.
tom

 

[bontai Joe]

Guys, never, NEVER, EVER use the wife unit's appliances in the garage/shop. I buy my stuff at yard sales cheap. I have my own iron, a toaster oven, an electric mixer, a smallish electric frying pan (for melting wax) and now I can see I need a crock pot. Thanks for the tip!

 

[rons old ford]

What many of those guys on the antique outboard forum needed was a parts cleaner safe enough to use in a basement. One that wouldn't cause havoc with a furnace or anything else with a pilot light, and to contain any smell to the basement. Any cleaner that you heat up is going to give off fumes, however safe, and smell up the house. That's what was so good about the Pinesol mix.

 

[themidniteryder]

portable dishwasher works good too, just make sure not to use a heated dry cycle if you use anything intentionally flammable. And as Joe pointed out, for the upmost safety never get caught using the wifes appliances...been there, done than....once.....ONLY once.

 

[marlboro180]

Oh, I almost got caught ----

Re: Shelving Score Shhh, don't tell Mr's M! LOL! Paint was cold, so it's getting a nice warm bath.:hide:
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[Onan18]

My mom is really cool, after I THOROUGHLY clean up my engine parts she lets me put them in the dishwasher and run a cycle with some de-greaser just to get them that little bit of extra clean. If I ever get my shop built I want a dedicated dishwasher just for that purpose..

Joe

 

[marlboro180]

Just wait til you have your own house, then all that you gotta deal with is the MRs.

LOL! Freezing wrist pins in the freezer, baking gloves and heads in the oven, warming paint in the sink LOL


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[CTPhil]

This is why every workshop needs a kitchen.