amal carb cleaner

[850commando]

so the right amal air mix circuit is plugged again and i can't get the my tiny .016 tip cleaner to go in.... , i the old days i'd throw it into some carb cleaner, but OH NO, that s nasty stuff and you can't buy it in Canada anymore, any suggestions what to soak it in?

i went through bushmans notes, drilling the body would be may last resort...

 

[Tornado]

I did the body drilling on the blanked off side of pilot passage as per Bushman. Pretty easy to do with standard hand drill and a tap for the trimmed down old pilot screw blank.
You can see a bright light right the way through the passage when its fully cleared.
I've soaked my carb in acetone for a few weeks. Seemed to clean it up nicely without adverse affect on metal. Not sure it will fully cure a plugged jet though.

 

[Chuck_Wagon]

Gumout carb & choke cleaner from NAPA is a decent product.

 

[NORTSTER1974]

I've been using this stuff forever, made in Pennsylvania, USA. Don't know if it ships to Canada. Good stuff. Amazon product ASIN B011HDOXEC

 

[Fast Eddie]

Boil the carbs in a large pans of water with dishwashing liquid in. Worked for me before.

 

[Chuck_Wagon]

I've been using this stuff forever, made in Pennsylvania, USA. Don't know if it ships to Canada. Good stuff. Amazon product ASIN B011HDOXEC

It's readily available at NAPA Canada stores.

 

[SteveA]

Boil the carbs in a large pans of water with dishwashing liquid in. Worked for me before.

This is just your inner domesticity coming out, you will be telling us next you heat your crankcases in the kitchen oven after a good session in the dishwasher, and maybe even that you used to boil chains on the kitchen hob!

 

[Onder]

Some boil crabs on the hob others carbs. I doubt his wife even notices the difference....

 

[MexicoMike]

When I owned my original Norton Commando, boiling the chain in grease on the kitchen stove was a regular maintenance thing!

Ah, those were the days!

(Extreme sarcasm!)

 

[Bernhard]

This is just your inner domesticity coming out, you will be telling us next you heat your crankcases in the kitchen oven after a good session in the dishwasher, and maybe even that you used to boil chains on the kitchen hob!

Some motorcycle riders have done them all.
There was a UK TV advert a few years back where a famous British actor washed his crankcases in , I think, liquid or powder washing produce, some companies will do anything to promote their
products . . . .

 

[850commando]

okay thanks for the feedback, lots to try now.

 

[SteveA]

Some boil crabs on the hob others carbs. I doubt his wife even notices the difference....

Expect the inevitable.....'these carbs taste fishy!'

 

[maylar]

This stuff is still available from NAPA stores in the US. Not in Canada?

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/MCC...er&impressionRank=9&keywordInput=carb+cleaner