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From: behanna@syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: Carb Cleaners - Do they work???  (Performance?) Carb rebuild?
Message-ID: <1993Apr15.224100.11912@research.nj.nec.com>
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Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
References: <C5Fyt4.JBy@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> <1993Apr15.062557.1224@slcs.slb.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 22:41:00 GMT
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In article <1993Apr15.062557.1224@slcs.slb.com> dcd@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com (Dan Day) writes:
>In article <C5Fyt4.JBy@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> schaffer@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (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
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	          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.
