carb take 1

I took the carburetor out so it was time to clean the thing. All the books tell you do it one of two ways. One - buy some dip solution and leave it in there for 30min and then wash and blow it dry. Two - get the spray cleaner, coat it, then wash it off and blow dry. I wasn't satisfied with this for multiple reasons. I didn't have carb cleaner, dip or spray, and Pep boys (the nearest thing to me) is *evil*. Doesn't it seem weird that there is no agitation or rubbing or something? How is it supposed to get squeaky clean that way? Lastly, what is in that cleaner if just sitting on gunk for 10 min makes it magically go away?

I decided to use an ultrasonic cleaner. The bath order was as follows (each warm and for at least thirty minutes)
*50% Simple Green and %50 DI water (to get rid of the oil and gas junk)
* 100% DI water (to rinse)
* 100% Isopropyl Alcohol (cleans and gets any trace of H2O out and dries up fast)

I had to separate everything because I didn't want the fragile jets getting scratched. I used little bags to label and keep track of everything.

All went really well except when I was blowing the carb body dry and the choke assembly shot out across the room. Serious "Oh Shit" moment. The book says not to touch the thing and to leave it in there. But I got it back together and it seems to go up and down just fine.

All and all I think this was a successful alternative.

Two points to me for giving cleaning advice!