Argh!!!

[Bones]

As some of you know, I am in the process of polishing my carbs, and I only have one day a week to do it. (I work 6 days a week)

My cousin thought he would help me and took 2 carbs (with out telling me) and sand blasted them fully assembled. He didn't take the time to plug the holes or anything. Now I have sand in the bowl, the diaphram area, and in all the little passageways.

I am afraid it will take me a little bit longer to finish my carbs. (inside and out) I know there is no easy way to remove the sand, so I will just have to take my time (and lock the shed!!)

I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks for all your help

Bones

If it can be locked, Lock it !! (trust me)

[hikermikem]

Sorry for your misfortune - I guess your cousins intentions were good, but...

Good luck cleaning them out, hopefully the sand didn't scour any surfaces & render them unusable (slide bores?) Sounds like a complete disassembly & rebuild is your next step.

But hey, look on the bright side - now you can polish the bodys without all that annoying stuff in the way!

Good luck

[Nessism]

You guys should dissasemble the carbs first before attempting any kind of sanding/polishing on the outside. Can't see how you could do a good job of clean up on a fully assembled carb.

Regarding sandblasting an assembled carb, the plating on the outside steel linkages will be removed which is very bad; rust will set in very quickly. Regardless of whether or not sand damaged the inside parts, which is likely, the outside parts have been damaged so the carbs are most likley junk now.

Sorry for your loss.

Good luck.

[Bones]

I disassemble the carbs when I am cleaning and polishing them. The carbs he blasted were still together