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On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 11:22, 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? > > Gun cleaner lacquer thinner works good too. This is for cleaning paint guns in body shops, not the firearm kind. You should be able to buy it at most body shop supply stores or DIY stores. Home Depot, Lowes, or Menards, etc. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org