[Spridgets] Carb Cleaner

[jomar healey]

This is off of the Corvette Forum.  Though the body of a vette is plastic the
rest is metal.  I have not tried the ATF/acetone formula but if all else has
failed it's worth a low cost shot.

The
April/May 2007 edition of Machinist's Workshop did a test of
penetrating
oils where they measured the force required to loosen rusty
test devices. Buy
the issue if you want to see how they did the test.
The results reported were
interesting. The lower the number of pounds
the better. Mighty interesting
results for simple acetone and tranny
fluid!


Penetrating oil .. Average load .. Price per fluid ounce

None ................. 516 pounds ..

WD-40 .............. 238 pounds .. $0.25

PB Blaster ......... 214 pounds .. $0.35

Liquid Wrench ... 127 pounds .. $0.21

Kano Kroil ......... 106 pounds .. $0.75

ATF-Acetone mix.. 53 pounds .. $0.10


The ATF-Acetone mix was a 50/50 mix (1 to 1 ratio).

Joe from The Dark Side

		
	




		

		

		

		

		

		

	


	
		


		
		
		
		
		 

--- On Sun, 4/12/09, Brad Fornal <tequila.brad at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Brad Fornal <tequila.brad at gmail.com>
Subject: [Spridgets] Carb Cleaner
To: "Spridget list" <spridgets at autox.team.net>, "Yahoo Spridget list"
<midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 1:54 PM

Ok, a few days ago, there was a discussion on cleaning the carbs, and many
warnings of DO NOT leave very long. Yesterday, while at a yard sale, I
purchased a 5 gallon bucket of Berryman Chem-Dip "professional" carb
cleaner, for a dollar. This helped me to recall the gallon of Berryman
Chem-Dip B-9 carb cleaner I had in the shed. In that gallon, was an early 1
1/4" SU that I put in there a YEAR ago. The carb was in horrible shape,
there was no way I could get it apart, so I dropped it in the bucket, and
forgot it. I just opened it up, and there was no pitting of the bell, and
the damn thing STILL won't come apart.
Frank, please, any suggestions on getting this thing apart? I've tried a
shot filled plastic mallet on the bell, slight prying in the bell ears (I
don't wish to break them off) and slight prying upwards on the piston, via
the carb throat.
What else might work?

Brad

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