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Ultrasonic Cleaner

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Have to agree with that. The Harbor Freight unit is 2.5 liters, will hold both carbs and costs retail $79.95. Print this coupon Harbor Freight 20% off coupon to get 20%, or $16.00, off the retail price. This will bring your total before 'bay shipping or sales tax to within about $10.00 of what the 'bay unit sells for. There are several of us that have this unit and it works well.
 
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It's only 2 1/2 inches deep. Not even one carb would fit.



This is the one I have used in the past with great success. And if you go buy a magazine for trucks or cars, in there will be a 20% off coupon that you can add to any sale price at Harbor Freight Tools. Sonic cleaner



Bryan beat me to it, lol
 
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After the 2.5l one from Harbor Freight, I would look for one like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/BRANSON-3200-UL...293?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa3a39f6d



But then you are looking at $175-$250 for it.



I still want one because it will sink a set of our carbs in it at one time.

and you wont have to rotate them just to get parts under the cleaning fluid.



Still need to rotate a bit to help the cleaning process though.



And it will run longer than 8min at a time too. *grin*
 
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Better yet, use pinesol in the ultrasonic.





I did a pair of carbs in an hour yesterday and they look new.
 
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I saw that, guess Its time for a HB run.
 
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I used the Harbor Freight ultrasonic cleaner. It works. But you have to keep restarting it, it times out after about 8 minutes. If you don't seperate the carbs they won't fully submerge, you'll have to keep turning them. It does however work at a reasonable price. I used mean green and distilled water.
 
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I used the Harbor Freight ultrasonic cleaner. It works. But you have to keep restarting it, it times out after about 8 minutes. If you don't separate the carbs they won't fully submerge, you'll have to keep turning them. It does however work at a reasonable price. I used mean green and distilled water.






I've got that same HF U/S cleaner. I used it today to try to clean up some lug nuts from my boat trailer.... rusty, nasty looking things. I used the ultrasonic on it for several minutes at a time for at least three tries, using white vinegar as a cleaning agent. Didn't really get the effect I was looking for.



So now those lug nuts are floating around in some corn cob media in my brass tumbler that I use for reloading ammunition. We'll see how they look after buzzing around in that all night.
 
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No, that's the HF special - 8 minutes, 1 heat setting.



I haven't specifically tested heat vs no heat, but heated medium is supposed to clean better.



R
 
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How important is it to have a heater as part of the unit?
 
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Heat helps, but while running any US heats the water without an outside source, albeit more slowly. As for the 8 minute limitation, by the time I finished haggling with the folks at HF, I bought mine for $39.95 + sales tax out the door. Received a discount for buying the model on display and combined that with the 20% coupon. For that kind of money I really don't mind re-starting it a few times.
 
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What's the problem with heating the water before you put it in the device. You will probably even get it hotter than the ultrasonic cleaner can. BillRod
 
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