ultrasonic carb cleaning

[dbelch]

worth the money?   Anyone had it done?  My '86 is apart, carbs look like crap...may be a good time to have them cleaned up...

[Dan Filetti]

I believe this is a service that Randy does, as I have heard reports that carbs come back from him 'clean enough to eat off' not that I would...

Anyway, I suspect it has the advantage of being able to see, and inspect all the nooks and crannies of the carbs, plus the knowledge that it's had a kick-ass clean throughout.

As long as you're not being raped for the cost of it, I would not think it's a bad idea at all.  If you're cheap (like me) a couple of cans of Berrymans B-12 and an air compressor will do a very nice job of cleaning the 'important' bit, if not make them look 'clean enough to eat off'....

FYI

Dan 

[grannyknot]

Agree with Dan, just did mine a few months ago, I dropped each disassembled carb body into a pot of water and boiled them for ten min. then blew out with compressed air. Sparkling!

[flips]

Best way to ensure properly clean carbs.Most of the time its enough, but sometimes carb cleaner and compressed air just won't do the job.Depends on just how gunked up your carbs are and your budjet off course...

Cheers  

Jeff P

[Mike 86 in San Dimas]

yes

[pdxfj]

I picked up the large heated ultrasonic cleaner from Harbor Freight and it makes cleaning carbs quite easy.  Did a bunch of reading on what to use for a cleaning solution and a number of people use Amway LOC and water. 

Usually run two heating cycles to get the cleaning solution really hot then several cleaning cycles. Rinse the carb off and move onto the next one.

Nice thing is no foul smelling chemicals. 

[Deadly166]

Read article by Russell Cooper,claims that clean carbys free of old fuel stains.He used 2grams of dishwasher tab in 1 litre of 40 degrees Celsius water.Haven tried this my self but before and after photos,WOW what a difference.Any one with more light on this?.

[Sideburns]

I've been using tablets for cleaning false teeth.
Three tablets in a saucepan with boiling water. Does the trick for me  

One of the guys in the dutch FJ owners club actually uses his dishwasher.
I asked my wife, she said it was o.k if I were to do all the dishes by hand from then on......still using the tablets.

[Sour1]

I can't comment on ultrasonic cleaning, but I can on soda blasting. This method is cheap and works great. I've done a couple sets of carbs already with excellent results.

http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/

[Mark Olson]

that looks like a nice cheap way to bling your carbs.

[gilou]

my fj was sleeping since 13 years , it was a good solution to clean the carbs ; now she' s running better than a new one

[dbelch]

Just got them back from Exem solutions in Waterloo, Ontario.  Sparkly clean looking, right off of the factory floor.  Pinched me $70.  Said they found lots of crud on the floats.  Looking forward to some good running this spring. 

[dbelch]

now that I have the nice clean carbs..I thought it may be good to syphon out what was left of the gas sloshing around in the tank...I got what I could, came out nice and dark coloured..with a dead fly or two.  Got me thinking, maybe a good clean-out would be in order. I figure the next step is to remove the petcock to get at that last bit that wont syphon..am I on the right track?  Time for the CLR, and oil treatment?  Think I saw a spot of rust....

[Steve_in_Florida]

We just re-did the fuel system and hydraulics on a 1974 MGB that sat for 20 years. (Sorry, no pictures)

Replaced the gas tank and fuel pump as it was full of some *NASTY* varnish-like substance. The two SU carburetors had what appeared to be molasses in the float chambers. My co-worker cleaned the carbs, hooked everything up, and fired it up a couple of hours ago. Runs like a champ.

It's really amazing what damage comes from letting a vehicle sit without following some proper storage procedures. Thousands of $$$ to bring it back to running condition.