[TR] Pickling Carbs

[Patrick Baize]

I actually did that for my Stag carbs,  stored them for a year. double 
bag them though.  they were fine when I put them back on.

Tehachapi isn't that where the train tracks do a loop?

Patrick

71 Stag

74 Spitfire



On 1/7/2017 9:58 AM, Bill Brewer wrote:
>
>      I have had a semi-catastrophic engine failure awhile back in my 
> TR6. I just had the ZS carbs rebuilt about 6 months ago by Paltech and 
> they work perfectly. I may not me be able to get to the TR6 engine for 
> a year or two - I have a couple of other engine jobs lined up before I 
> can get to it. I was wondering if there was a way to pull the carbs 
> and pickle them so that when I put them back on they are not all 
> gummed up. I was thinking of soaking them in carb cleaner or WD40, 
> something that can be found in a large can for not too much money. 
> Maybe I should run them through carb cleaner and then lube them with 
> WD40 and put them in Ziploc bags or something.
>
>      Any ideas?
>
>      TIA,
>
>      Bill in Tehachapi
>
>
>
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