Re: [T3] Carb Rebuild Question

[Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>]

<x-flowed>I recently rebuilt a 34 PICT-3 carb, and I just let it soak in gasoline 
for a week (because I had to order a kit for it). The gas wont ruin 
anything, because that is what is supposed to be in there, but it will 
dissolve a lot of the nasty dirt that collects on the outside.

PerL
73 Variant L

garram1@swbell.net wrote:

> I've got Weber ICTs on my '68 squareback right now but I want to switch to 
> stock (for '67) Solexes.  I've bought a couple pair of Solexes (32 pdsit-2 and -
> 3).  These need to be rebuilt since they've been sitting for quite sometime.  I'd 
> like to soak them in something to at least get the grunge off the outsides and 
> loosen up the linkage and throttle shafts.  What's the best thing for this?  I 
> vaguely remember hearing that soaking in carb cleaner can actually be bad.  
> Did I hear that right?  Or would WD-40 or kerosene be better?  What do you 
> pros out there use?
>
>
> Martin Garramone
> Austin, Texas
> 1968 Squareback
> 1968 Westy
>
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