- 1. Carburetor cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Gilroy <w.gilroy@verizon.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:55:34 -0400
- Many moons ago, when I was a kid, you could buy a gallon can of carburetor cleaner. The stuff had a wire basket in the can you dropped all the parts into the basket in then into the cleaner. It would
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- 2. Re: Carburetor cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:01:52 -0400 (EDT)
- That would be Hydro-Seal; a less-hazardous version of it is available from some auto parts stores (a local CarQuest, f'rinstance f'rsure has it). I haven't tried this newer version, so YMMV, ... Dona
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- 3. Re: Carburetor cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 21:21:16 -0700
- You can still get the stuff, but it doesn't work as good as it did twenty-five years ago. It must be environmentally friendly or something because it won't even eat your skin off anymore. BZ /// ///
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- 4. Re: Carburetor cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 00:39:20 -0500 (CDT)
- You can get things like it. How well it works depends on where you live. A toothbrush and spraycan stuff has gotten every carb I've cleaned clean enough. Bit more work, less environemental nastyness.
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- 5. Re: Carburetor cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@scs.agilent.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 07:13:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Yeah, you can still buy carb cleaner by the gallon with a wire basket, etc. But is pretty wimpy stuff these days. Roland /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain
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- 6. Re: Carburetor cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: LBC286@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:02:35 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Still available. I got one at Pep Boys. It is no longer a gallon can, though. Corporate downsizing affects everything. You now get about a quart of cleaner in a half g
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