pinesol for cleaning carbs ?

[xjwmx]

Sounds like you throw 'em in there air cleaner and all.

 

[Militant_Buddhist]

no but now that ya mention it that sounds like a great idea. get the pods ready for a hose down of fresh oil.

 

[Capt_Zoom]

I don't know what the local marine shop is using (crystal marine in Minnesota) but the guy said it was some pretty toxic stuff. I watched him dunk my disgusting '75 snowblower carb in there and within about 2 minutes it was spiffy clean...almost looked new, without any real scrubbing. This snowblower carb was dirtier than any motorcycle carb I've ever had.

 

[jackstraw650]

Guys, I found this Pine-Sol trick over on the Honda DOHC Custom formula. I tried it a couple of days ago and it worked well. You don't have to remove rubber or neoprene parts....that is one of the advantages of this system. Apparently, the guys over there have used this for a while with good results. Basically you you get a plastic container large enough to completely submerge your carbs of choice[they were cleaning entire linked banks of 4 CV carbs from a CB900!] add one part of water to three parts of Pine-Sol and let sit for at least 24 hours; more depending on filth level of your carbs. Thay also experimented with adding vibration and found it helped.
Link to Honda DOHC: http://www.cb750c.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=9866&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

You can read about from the horses mouth!

 

[ReycleBill]

Sounds like you throw 'em in there air cleaner and all.

We played around with throwing some junk lawnmower carbs in the sonic without taking them apart. Cleaning was just as good as disassembled carbs but in the end they still had to be taken apart to get all the cleaning fluid and water out of the float bowls.

In other words, you're going to take them apart before or after you clean them.

 

[bluebikerblan]

Better hope Bluebikeblan doesn't read this.

http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4574

Ol Blue here....surprise, surprise, surprise Sargent Travis that Pinesol & lemon juice mix makes more chemical sense that most any of the home remedy concoctions I've heard of....here... of late. May test it out myself soon but; just in case....how about we use your carbs?

All mine are immaculate and couldn't prove a thing. I have a Secret Cleaner and I'm not telling anybody what it is...cause only Rick West of Oldskoolcarbs knows for sure and he ain't tellin nobody....are you Duke?

Watch for it coming out soon commercially though, we're callin it...."Panther Piss"

Seriously....I've got a few oil pan strainers that need cleaning and JB Weld fixes with new shield so I'm going to give that Pinesol & lemon juice thing a shot just for grins & giggles.

Warmest personal regards! Blue (Old that is...as in rigor mortised)

 

[sasquatch]

just plane pine sole in a bucket mixed 50/50 with water worked fine for me. it took a couple of days but I didn't have to scrub or anything.

 

[littlebill31]

I used "Slip 2000" with great results. If it'll clean a machine gun operating rod, it'll clean a carb.

 

[Travis]

cleaning machine gun operating rods.. good times and black hands.

 

[ReycleBill]

I always love when they come packed in cosmolene (SP?) Soon, everything in the shop has cosmolene on it.

 

[littlebill31]

The new ones we would get were packed in spray foam. Like the stuff for windows. The operating parts were still covered in cosmolene, which we used a steam gun to remove. Tank barrels are fun to clean out. Takes all day. But the medium (M240) and heavy (M2 / MK19) were laid in the shipping crate, then spray foamed in. Had to use a sawzall to cut them out, made a damn mess too. I tested them, so we would have about 50 at a time come in. Take 'em out, clean 'em up, complete and total disassembly, measure every little tiny piece, and then shoot them 'till they broke. Good times.

 

[ReycleBill]

You weren't stationed near Haver G Grace, MD, were you? I was never in the military but I used to haul weapons for the military to a place very near Haver D Grace, where we had a terminal.

 

[littlebill31]

I was staioned in Camp Pendleton, Ca when I was active duty. I worked for Aberdeen Test Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Md as a civilian. Which is right next to Havre De Grace.

 

[ReycleBill]

Yeah, Aberdeen, that's it!

I hauled to Camp Pendleton as well, but most often those loads were bound for the commercery and the PX. Beer! And groceries.

Hauling to military bases was always great. We weren't allowed to help unload, the soldiers always hustled and the numbers always came out right. And on some bases they allowed us to shop those great deals on base.

And when I went to Ft. Bragg the young soldiers always looked at my long hair and full beard and assumed me to be undercover special forces like something from a Chuck Norris movie. Even officers at Bragg would sometimes salute me for fear that I might out rank them.

PS. But the coolest part was when we hauled those high security loads with unmarked military escorts. We went as fast as the trucks would run, never stopped for the DOT and the highway patrol never bothered us.

 

[bluebikerblan]

Yep, like I said, there's no "free lunch" for carb cleaning that I've found yet. I haven't given up mind you, I just don't expect the "miracle cure" any time soon, lol. It's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it - namely you if you want your bike to run and run right.

I didn't spend several months a couple years back in collaboration with the Griz writing the card guide just for "shits and giggles". This was and is concrete carb info that needs to be out there and available to everyone. Now whether or not folks choose to read it 1st before asking stupid simple questions is another matter, lol. If a major cleaning breakthrough ever comes along, believe me, we will note it in an update of some sort to our guide.

Well I went to the "Pinsol mountain"and cleaned up a lot of things [petcocks, chains, nuts & bolts a rear wheel, sprockets, 3 sump strainers] with it in several combinations and varying dilutions with warm water, some with lemon juice even. I found that it cleans a variety of things well but: you're still going to have to go through that step by step blow out crud and gunk with a good carb cleaner as far as I'm concerned and I'll skip using either my or even Travis' carbs for further testing.

Though it is a good general water based soak cleaning solution, I don't see this as a breakthrough addendum to 5twins & Grizld1's super carb guide. Blue