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Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:07 pm
by Snails
Ok, I'm playing around with SR barrel (not like that!)
Cleaning up the ports etc
What's the best way ensuring I have all metal sandings out of there before reassembly?
Cheers
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:19 pm
by Norrie Bodge
A rinse in fresh petrol & blow down with an airline always does it for me!!
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:35 pm
by Snails
I dont have an air line unfortunately - I already tried using a hair drier - not very effective.
I'll go with petrol rinse for starters though.
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:55 pm
by onthelam
Spray it with engine cleaner then rinse with water from a hose pipe or even in the sink. You might get some flash rust in the cylinder but you can ignore that. Or clean it with WD-40 on a rag.
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:37 am
by SKP
Clean petrol & an old paint brush ................
SKP
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:41 pm
by smiffy1968
Pumped up inner tube connected to an air gun.
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:36 pm
by coaster
onthelam wrote:Spray it with engine cleaner then rinse with water from a hose pipe or even in the sink.
I also use the kitchen sink method, with a bit of ingenuity you can also rig up 2 hoses to squirt down the transfers at the same tim which will give you at least some indication of how the transfers flow.
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:34 am
by rosscla
Good rinse in a bucket of paraffin
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:00 am
by LI150
Brake cleaner. Come as an aerosol it will clean all. I find its great for cleaning the crap of carbs also problem is its not cheap
Re: Post tuning barrel clean up
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:24 am
by daniel whiteley
along long time ago (in a galaxy far far away as i was only a lad) i used to burn my rdlc out alot and when i had it rebored the guy who did it me used to tell me to wash it out in a bucket of hot soapy water !!! and then dry it out with a towel , i never had any issues doing it that way