Carb JAFE Juice.

[muddy]

Tearing down a carburetor to clean up. What's everyone's concoction to soak carbs and clean them up with?








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[bonneyman]

I used to use Berryman's Carb Cleaner back in the day. Stuff was so nasty though it would start burning your skin after awhile.

I would remove any plastic and rubber components, then try the least aggressive cleaner I had. Say, like kerosene. Then I might move up to acetone. Worst comes to worse I'd spray some modern brake cleaner on the parts.

I'll do some SDS searching and see what used to be used and what is available now. Maybe be able to come up with an approximation.

[goodfellow]

George is right; not many (if any) good compounds available anymore on the retail market to clean out gum and varnish on carbs. The good carburetor cleaners and soaks of yesteryear were abolished a long time ago.

That said Tim, if you want to clean varnish and gummed gasoline residue out of a carburetor, I have used plain boiling white vinegar and water to soak my parts and it worked extremely well. Mix white vinegar and water 3:1 and boil the solution in an old pot and get it to boil at a low simmer. Then add your parts and leave them in "soup" for about 15-20 minutes. NOTE: This solution will definitely distort any rubber and/or neoprene gaskets and O-rings you forgot to take off. So make doubly sure you're putting only metal parts in the soup.

Also, I usually do this outside because of the vapors -- that high a concentration of vinegar will make your kitchen and house smell awful.

[slip knot]

I use an old crock pot for cooking out things like that. plug it in on the picnic table and go do something else for a few hours.

For greasy stuff I use lye drain cleaner in it. Poor mans hot tank.

[goodfellow]

I use an old crock pot for cooking out things like that. plug it in on the picnic table and go do something else for a few hours.

For greasy stuff I use lye drain cleaner in it. Poor mans hot tank.

Great idea on the crock pot. Those things sell for peanuts at Goodwill or ReStore.

[bonneyman]

I use an old crock pot for cooking out things like that. plug it in on the picnic table and go do something else for a few hours.

For greasy stuff I use lye drain cleaner in it. Poor mans hot tank.

Great idea on the crock pot. Those things sell for peanuts at Goodwill or ReStore.

 

[muddy]

Great advice guys, really like the idea of the crock pot. Guess I'll have to get my own the wife will kill me if I use hers 

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[fatfillup]

Crock pot from yard sale or flea market should be easy to find.  Sounds like a $5 problem at most.

I know some folks like ultrasonic cleaning for carbs.  Don't have one yet to try

[Uncle Buck]

I used to use Berryman's Carb Cleaner back in the day. Stuff was so nasty though it would start burning your skin after awhile.

I would remove any plastic and rubber components, then try the least aggressive cleaner I had. Say, like kerosene. Then I might move up to acetone. Worst comes to worse I'd spray some modern brake cleaner on the parts.

I'll do some SDS searching and see what used to be used and what is available now. Maybe be able to come up with an approximation.

Gallon bucket of Berrymans with the parts basket was what I always used. Use rubber gloves, avoid flames and have plenty of ventilation.

[stokester]

I used to use Berryman's Carb Cleaner back in the day. Stuff was so nasty though it would start burning your skin after awhile.

I would remove any plastic and rubber components, then try the least aggressive cleaner I had. Say, like kerosene. Then I might move up to acetone. Worst comes to worse I'd spray some modern brake cleaner on the parts.

I'll do some SDS searching and see what used to be used and what is available now. Maybe be able to come up with an approximation.

Gallon bucket of Berrymans with the parts basket was what I always used. Use rubber gloves, avoid flames and have plenty of ventilation.

Berryman Chem-Dip has always been my go-to for carb cleaning but I like the Crockpot suggestion.  Now to peruse the local thrift shops.

[slip knot]

I can smell that Berrymans chemdip just looking at the picture That was the good stuff. it would even eat the can up after a few years.

[bonneyman]

Never thought of the boiling vinegar idea. May have to try the crock pot plan, too!

[Chuck Farley]

Another thing to try is PINE-SOL.    It actually works quite well.    Let the parts sit overnight in a bath of Pine Sol and water (50/50 mix)

[bonneyman]

Next time I have to do the lawn mower crab I'll try the Pine Sol idea. I keep some on hand during the summer months to cook up my homemade condensate drain pump cleaner/maintainer.

[J.A.F.E.]

Gallon bucket of Berrymans with the parts basket was what I always used. Use rubber gloves, avoid flames and have plenty of ventilation.

Berrymans was the best. Years back I bought the last gallon of the original formula at the local parts store. Wish I still had some left.

I remember my mentor when I was a teenager, Whitey, who always had a Pall Mall red hanging in his mouth working over a bucket of the stuff. He also had a tub filled with gasoline to wash parts in and the cigarette was ever present there as well.