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I'd like to teach the world to........

13 May 2022 10:25
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........ clean the coke out of my head! Anyone got any tips for cleaning the carbon out without damaging anything.The head is stripped,valves are out but the guides are staying in place (so,blasting is off the cards). I got the worst off the alloy from the top of the chamber but the seats,valves and ports especially are still pretty bad. Any suggestions?
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Re: I'd like to teach the world to........

13 May 2022 10:28
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If you can figure out a way to keep them immersed in Barryman's for about 48 hours...?
Is this thing working? Is this thing on?

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13 May 2022 11:36
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In what??
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Re: I'd like to teach the world to........

13 May 2022 12:02
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Carburetor dip is what they meant by Berryman's. 

I used a Dremel with a wire brush and it did a decent job - didn't seem to leave any marks, but I went light on the pressure. 
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Re: I'd like to teach the world to........

13 May 2022 12:08 - 13 May 2022 12:09
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Carburetor dip is what they meant by Berryman's. 

I used a Dremel with a wire brush and it did a decent job - didn't seem to leave any marks, but I went light on the pressure. 
Berryman  www.berrymanproducts.com/products/cleani...ional-parts-cleaner/
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Used to work much better when I was a kid..... didn't everything, though?...
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13 May 2022 13:49
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Carburetor dip is what they meant by Berryman's. 

I used a Dremel with a wire brush and it did a decent job - didn't seem to leave any marks, but I went light on the pressure. 
 

A brass brush would be handy for that: brass [wire] is softer than steel [wire] so you can apply more pressure without making marks.
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13 May 2022 13:50
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........ clean the coke out of my head! Anyone got any tips for cleaning the carbon out without damaging anything.The head is stripped,valves are out but the guides are staying in place (so,blasting is off the cards). I got the worst off the alloy from the top of the chamber but the seats,valves and ports especially are still pretty bad. Any suggestions?
 

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Re: I'd like to teach the world to........

13 May 2022 15:59
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Soda blasting is relatively safe.  That's what I did.  Afterwards I spent considerable time washing every nook and crannies, and making sure no grit was inside the oil passages.  

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Re: I'd like to teach the world to........

13 May 2022 16:48
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You won't have access to the crazy solvents in Amsterdam that we have in the US.
You may be limited to more mechanical methods.
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Re: I'd like to teach the world to........

13 May 2022 19:52
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How about vapor blasting?


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Re: I'd like to teach the world to........

13 May 2022 19:57
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+1 for soda blasting. I did many heads with it, works great and no damage to metal 
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Re: I'd like to teach the world to........

14 May 2022 13:02
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Thanks for the replies. I found a Dremel brush with a photo of some valves on the packet, so I bought a couple of them. Mixed results to be honest.I don't want to go too heavy,especially around the seats.I've also tried soaking the valves themselves in various different unctions. Nothing really does much so far. Tonight we are bathing in paint stripper!!
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