Improvised parts cleaner

[ianmack]

See this link for a minimal cost and non bulky part cleaner . My own attempt is just starting a test run, I'll let you know how it goes. http://www.classicbikeforum.co.uk/viewt ... =27&t=3358

[RobThomas]

Dishwasher?

[ianmack]

Dishwasher? Well it's a posibility. What does Mrs Thomas say?

[BrianHawley]

I've put a mini head in a dishwasher before now. Works fairly well.

A bit tight for a gearbox.

[StillGotMy1stCar]

That's probably better than the Chinese one I bought from an Internet auction site. Used it twice and it blew up. They fobbed me off about replacing when they've new stock, playing for time so I couldn't open a case for a refund. So I got stuck with a paper weight.
 I did get it going though by replacing the blown transistors and diodes for better type and I had to rewind the oscillator transformer, whilst I was at it replaced the soldered in 10 amp fuse with a fuse holder and a more suitable 1 amp fuse.
Shouldn't be allowed to import such unsafe rubbish.
Will be interesting to see how well yours works, should be good as it will have extra agitation.
Great for cleaning orifices.
Regards John.

[ianmack]

After a test run followed by a soak the test piece is functionally pretty clean although not exactly gleaming. However it is an old Russian carburettor so perhaps a gleam is too much to expect. I bought the sander years ago when bargain power tools were still a novelty, its never been a very good sander so I'm glad to have found a use for it at last. The snags are that it is quite noisy and if your box is shallow the movement creates tiny splashes which lose some of the fluid during an hours run. And if you do it in July wasps love cola!

[TDV102]

Bucket of hot water, dishwasher tablet. Leave overnight, rinse with pressure hose. Works for me.

[olderisbetter]

Bucket of hot water, dishwasher tablet. Leave overnight, rinse with pressure hose. Works for me.

My exact method of washing up at the moment..

[ianmack]

Update, two days later and I still have wasps buzzing around the workshop. Probably not a good idea to use cola in midsummer. I cleaned up as best I can, but it doesn't take much sugar to make a wasp happy