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Re: SU Carb piston stuck

To: markmoburg@mindspring.com
Subject: Re: SU Carb piston stuck
From: dmeadow@juno.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:26:31 EDT
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 18:38:56 -0700 Mark Moburg
<markmoburg@mindspring.com> writes:
>
>>> Greetings,
>>> 
>>> I decided to refurbish a pair of SU carbs that I had on the shelf 
>that I plan
>>> to use for a back up.  One of the pistons is stuck.  I have cleaned 
>it in
>>> stoddard solvent, then have soaked it real well with WD40 for about 
>a month
>>> but it is still stuck.  I'm afraid that if I force it too much, I 
>might
>>> damage it.  Any ideas?  
>>> 

As Dave Barry says-- I am NOT making this up.  In the last issue of
NAMGAR's MGA! there was a recipe for using molasses (yes, molasses) to
free up corroded, stuck parts.  It takes about three weeks and four
tablespoons of molasses to about a pint of water.  Mix it all together,
using warm water, and drop in the parts.  Stir once a week for three
weeks.

Now, the writer said it worked for him, although I have my suspicions
that this is the automotive world's equivalent of a snipe hunt.  In any
case, I'll let you know in two more weeks when my badly stuck brake
cylinders are "done."  If they are still stuck, I guess I'll have to deny
I ever wrote this.

David Littlefield
Houston, TX


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