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Old 07-11-2003 | 01:05 PM
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I had a minor oil leak on the B&M 250. Got a little oil on the belt. Looked like a tedious process to clean it so I put it in the dishwasher. Came out just dandy. I have washed numerous parts in the dishwasher but I am afraid to list them here as she may read it. What parts have you successfully cleaned in the "indoor parts cleaner"?

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Old 07-11-2003 | 01:16 PM
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The wife will not let me get anywhere near the dish washer. Same goes for the clothes washer and dryer.
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Old 07-11-2003 | 01:16 PM
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My kid's pet snake.
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Old 07-11-2003 | 01:23 PM
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Havent used the dishwasher yet. She did come home to find my 900 Kawasaki motor 3/4 of the way in the oven trying to cure some wrinkle paint. Also used my mom s vacuum to suck stuff up out of the engines I was tearing down like gasket pieces out of the ports and valley. I think it really helped the vacuum 40 years later it still ran like new. I figure it was well oiled.
 
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Old 07-11-2003 | 01:28 PM
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One night two of my buddies and I accidently put a cat in the dryer.
Really, it was an accident. Boy, was it PISSED!!
I'll guarantee that cat'll never get in there again.
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Old 07-11-2003 | 01:49 PM
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I like to bake freshly painted engine parts in oven, but have not used the dishwasher yet. We just remodeled and have not had a chance to use the new stuff yet and probably never will.
 
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Old 07-11-2003 | 02:38 PM
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Actually my wife thought it was funny. I have a portable dish washer that had been sitting out back and no one wanted it. A pretty nice Kenmore in fact. One day the wife comes out back to the shop and hears something running. Well I found that the dishwasher makes a pretty good parts cleaner. I would probably be shot if I used the one in the house.
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Old 07-11-2003 | 03:34 PM
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If you remove the racks a snowmobile engine will fit in the dishwaher. Just use the dry cycle for curing paint.
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Old 07-11-2003 | 05:31 PM
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Actually, the dishwasher cleans a flame arrestor quite nicely. Just use the pot scrubber cycle.
 
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Old 07-11-2003 | 09:39 PM
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I haven't tried the dishwasher yet but she has come home to find parts in the oven and the freezer. Makes them slip together so nice.
 
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