Ultrasonic carb cleaning

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Re: Ultrasonic carb cleaning

03 May 2010 08:26
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Harbor Freight has them but they are small. You could prbably put two carb bodies in at a time. Or all the bowls and hardware.

I was looking at them yesterday and almost brought one home. Price was $59.00 look actually ok quality. Realativly speaking for Harbor Freight.
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Re: Ultrasonic carb cleaning

05 May 2011 14:44
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I will have to check this out!
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Re: Ultrasonic carb cleaning

05 May 2011 14:52
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shove the hose from a fish tank pump in there and tape it to the back of your grinder,best of both worlds! :woohoo:
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Re: Ultrasonic carb cleaning

05 May 2011 16:50 - 05 May 2011 17:15
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A tank big enough to do a full rack of carbs is probably $2000 or so. I have a friend who has a business refurbishing Honda Z50 and CT70 motors, he has a machine that will take a set of cases, and it was about $5000. Most cities will have a local carb rebuilder who has one. My local guy charges me about $35 to do a set. I usually pull the jets out before I have them done. The first couple sets that I had done came back with the pilots still clogged/dirty. Personally, I'd rather pay the $35 dollars and leave the carb rack intact than to buy a small machine and have to disassemble them, but if there is no local place, or if they need to come apart anyway, then the small machine makes sense too.
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Re: Ultrasonic carb cleaning

06 May 2011 12:35 - 06 May 2011 12:38
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Where I work we have about a dozen ultrasonic cleaners. I have used them afterhours on my stuff and the results are amazing. I have been looking for one for myself but they are not cheap.... Still nothing works better.

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Re: Ultrasonic carb cleaning

07 May 2011 20:46
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imho nothing cleans like an ultrasonic cleaner
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