Roxy: Pine Sol Soak

Since my head was into carbs, I decided I may as well attack the gunked up original Keihin carb that came from the PPO.  It was such a mess that the two halves wouldn't even separate.

Bought a big jug of Pine Sol and just dunked the whole thing, letting it soak for 2 hours.  The pictures pretty much say it all.  The Pine Sol worked miracles.  Now I'm thinking I could use the same technique on some of the other engine parts, maybe even the bottom end.

Unfortunately, I found the float pin wouldn't budge.  I know you can try to knock it out with a punch, but since the posts are easily damaged, you have to support them and do everything very carefully.

Also, the intake o-ring had been sealed into place with some white rubber cement type substance, which was used in a lot of other places to seal gaskets. 


Before...

Two hours in a Pine Sol bath.

And after...