Robin; Yes that was my suggestion. A friend of mine was in the lawnmower repair business and in that business they were forever cleaning the gum out of carbs after people had parked their mowers for the winter. Carburettor cleaner was way too expensive plus they had to completely dismantle each carb first or the cleaner would eat the rubber parts. What they found out was that pinesol disolved the old gum after soaking it for a day or two, was less then half the price, and didn't hurt the rubber parts. I have tried this on a moped carb and it seemed to work quite well, next experiment will be on a Carter WCFB. Best Regards Arran Foster 1954 Imperial Newport Needing A Left Side Tailight Bezel and other trim parts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Giesbrecht" <robings@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:16 PM Subject: RE: IML: Carburetor cleaner Somebody somewhere was swearing that Pinesol worked very well!? I am going to check it out soon and see. Robin Giesbrecht >From: "B&T Roddick" <1roscoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: IML: Carburetor cleaner >Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:43:47 -0700 > >Aside from the water rinse store bought cleaners that come in cans too >small >for the parts anyway, what other fluids are good for cleaning carbs? I >have >used lacquer thinner before with good results, are there other effective >concoctions out there? > >Bill > > > >