Carb Cleaning Tool

[Guest]

I don't really know if this counts as a tip or trick and will leave that up to the administrators. I heard somewhere that a good tool to clean out the tiny pin sized airways in Carburetors is a fishing line. I have discovered (maybe some others have as well) that you can bend the fishing line in half and twist it several times tightly before inserting the bent side into the airways. The twisted line will unravel once it is in the airways and spread as you pull it back out. Also, weedeater wire is good too.

Another tool is go to the cosmetics section in your local pharmacy and pick up a bottle of eyeliner or whatever it is called. The dye women use for their eyelashes. The applicator used is a tiny brush that is really a great cleaner for those tiny airways inside the carburetor. There is no other type of brush with this kind of design that I have been able to find - its actually perfectly designed to clean carburetors.

[derwood]

welding torch tip cleaners

[txironhead]

At Big Lots I found this wonderful little set of brushes for cleaning the tips and passages of paint guns. Works perfectly, and at $1.99 a set (five brushes on a keyring) I bought four sets.

[Jaguarjoe]

One wire bristle from a wire brush worked well for me. I held it with a small pair of forceps.

[buster]

I like to use the twist ties that you use on bread and stuff. If you light one end on fire and clean off the colored paper coating you have a thin plyable wire that doesn't tend to scratch.

[humblepie]

Another tool is go to the cosmetics section in your local pharmacy and pick up a bottle of eyeliner or whatever it is called. The dye women use for their eyelashes. The applicator used is a tiny brush that is really a great cleaner for those tiny airways inside the carburetor. There is no other type of brush with this kind of design that I have been able to find - its actually perfectly designed to clean carburetors.

goodluck explaining that to the cashier.