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Carburetor cleaning
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Re: Carburetor cleaning
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- Calcium
- Lime
- Rust
So here's my solution to seriously stuck slides.
- Dismantle as much of the carb as possible.
- IMPORTANT: Remove all brass items.
- Boil the Billy filled with water. Simmer slowly...
- Add CLR at ~25%. I had to start somewhere...
- Suspend the carb on a wire submerged in the bubbling solution, jiggling occasionally.
- GENTLY tap the slide and the slide body after each 5 minute session.
- Mine wasn't closed properly so there was a little wriggle room tapping down from the top.
- GENTLY lever on the thick part on the bottom of the slide.
- Repeat and be patient.
- Note 'GENTLY' !!!
- 25 minutes and mine was free...
This process doesn't make the carbs shine like new, but certainly cleans them.
After cleaning both carbs, I got this engine running easily. It was very responsive, but sadly, noisey. But that's another whole story...
A friend had a similar carb issue. This worked on his carbs too.
Hope this helpful...
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Unless you have some major caked on crud to remove a good soak in straight Simple Green (after complete carburetor disassembly) is usually very effective. I've done this with both CVs and slides. I would also suggest that anyone think long and hard and media blasting of any kind...... no matter how supposedly non-aggressive the media is purported to be. IMO it's almost impossible to remove it all before reassembly. Vapor blasting is another possibility, and while I've never used it personally, I've heard good reports about the process.
YMMV,
Viejo
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Note steel items like throttle bracket have different routes to perfection. Take them over to the polishing wheel.
Make sure to pressure test float chamber when you’re all done. I had to go back and replace a float needle seat.
Kevin