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Carter AFB Hemi Carbs cleaned up.

Hemi2Much

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Just thought I'd try to clean them to see how they would turn out.
Not too bad. I'll still need to rebuild both of them.

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Looks awesome! What was you process in cleaning them?
 
I soaked them in really hot water for about 20 minutes took them out and washed them off with just soap and water. After they dried, I soaked them in Alumabrite
for about 10 minutes and washed them off with a paintbrush and soap.
After they dried, I soadblast them, and afterward, I rinsed them really well with hot water and blew them out really well with the air compressor.
After you pull them out of the Alumabrite they will have a black film on them, Most of that will wash off with soapy water and a paintbrush. I didn't bother disassembling them because I have plans to do that when I rebuild them. I just wanted to clean them up before I even disassembled them. They have been sitting on a shelf in a machine shop for many years and were filthy.
 
Are you going back as stock on the carburetors? I notice there is no choke plate or choke parts on the rear carburetor. They did clean up nicely.
 
Are you going back as stock on the carburetors? I notice there is no choke plate or choke parts on the rear carburetor. They did clean up nicely.
Probably not because I will be running headers and not the stock manifolds.
 
I have a couple of carbs that need cleaning myself, I’ll give your method a try as they came out very nice
 
I soaked them in really hot water for about 20 minutes took them out and washed them off with just soap and water. After they dried, I soaked them in Alumabrite
for about 10 minutes and washed them off with a paintbrush and soap.
After they dried, I soadblast them, and afterward, I rinsed them really well with hot water and blew them out really well with the air compressor.
After you pull them out of the Alumabrite they will have a black film on them, Most of that will wash off with soapy water and a paintbrush. I didn't bother disassembling them because I have plans to do that when I rebuild them. I just wanted to clean them up before I even disassembled them. They have been sitting on a shelf in a machine shop for many years and were filthy.
Soda blasted them?
 
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