Sonic parts washers
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^ back in my day when basically everything came in that was a marine carb app and when gas turn into thick brown varnish plugging up everything. I home made a really good carb cleaning machine out of a unit that was basically a vibrating tumbler to clean bolt / nuts / hardware.
Made a base with a tank to sit on top of that - put TYME in the tank - put the stripped down carb(s) and some of the related parts in the tank - then turn on the machine to vibrate. The carbs came out very clean. We painted and clear coat sealed the carbs externally after all the cleaning / rinsing / drying.
TYME is made CRC. Have not used in years but back then it was a very strong good cleaner for carbs and other parts.
Made a base with a tank to sit on top of that - put TYME in the tank - put the stripped down carb(s) and some of the related parts in the tank - then turn on the machine to vibrate. The carbs came out very clean. We painted and clear coat sealed the carbs externally after all the cleaning / rinsing / drying.
TYME is made CRC. Have not used in years but back then it was a very strong good cleaner for carbs and other parts.
Last edited by BUP; 02-22-2018 at 11:54 PM.
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here is TYME have no idea if its a strong cleaner anymore.
http://www.abatix.com/media/catalog/...0749595384.pdf
http://www.abatix.com/media/catalog/...0749595384.pdf
#13
I made a redneck version of a parts cleaner for bigger stuff since my wife has frowned upon me using her small ultrasonic jewelry cleaner! 
I dont have any pics of it but its more or less along the lines of this:
only difference is i used a big 5gal bucket with a lid and a basket inside it

I dont have any pics of it but its more or less along the lines of this:
only difference is i used a big 5gal bucket with a lid and a basket inside it
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At my school the Formula SAE team uses this to clean all the engine parts for the car. We use Simple Green Crystal for the cleaning solution. It gets used about 4-5 times a week for about 6-8 hours at a time. The bin is huge and can accommodate a lot of parts. The tank holds 27 L (7.13 gallons) of water. Ive even put parts in on an angle that were too big and flipped them over..
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I made a redneck version of a parts cleaner for bigger stuff since my wife has frowned upon me using her small ultrasonic jewelry cleaner! 
I dont have any pics of it but its more or less along the lines of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7E-JGSzuQ
only difference is i used a big 5gal bucket with a lid and a basket inside it

I dont have any pics of it but its more or less along the lines of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7E-JGSzuQ
only difference is i used a big 5gal bucket with a lid and a basket inside it
.lol
Last edited by Baja Rooster; 02-24-2018 at 03:48 PM.





