[Roadsters] cleaning carbs

[Paul]

  Be careful 'blasting' the SU domes.  Outside only!  And keep the pistons
matched with the domes they came with.

  Try starting fluid to clean with.  Cheaper and a lot easier on your health
than most carb cleaners.  Just don't use it indoors or near an open flame.
BTDT

Paul
Ohio

----- Original Message -----

> I have found that if you use a carb cleaner first, then it gets fairly
> expensive to clean them up.
> My advice is to scrub them up with a variety of brushes and a good
degreaser
> to a point where they look reasonable, then use a carb cleaner.
> You still need to use a brush with the carb cleaner to loosen all the
> ingrained crap.
> In other words, use a cheap cleaner to remove the worst of the grime, then
> spend some money to remove the remainder :)
> I don't think any solvent used will damage the internals but you will
> probably need to replace all the gaskets anyway.
> Personally, I like to grit blast the cast pieces to get them really
squeaky
> clean.