I have one of my Zenith carbs in mineral spirits as of today. I bought a box of TSP and plan to boil it tomorrow for a few hours and then put it in the freezer for a spell. I will check out if brass comes out freely. I will clean ports out with a paper clip or wire suitable for that chore. My question is, is bead blasting that necessary ? I have a friend that could do it for me, but I need my extra arm and leg right now. pAAt
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Like Tom i blast them in my cabinent then clean everything out with carb cleaner using a straw and compressed air. I don't think there is a single way to go about it as we all try and achieve the same end result3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
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Pat, Black Beauty is just ground up coal clinkers, so store it where it won't get wet, and mice won't chew through the bag. Inside a large plastic tub is ideal. Woodbury has a mountain of coal clinkers, and that's where the factory is. You can save about 50% if you buy them by the pallet. I should have done that years ago, but I'm not using too much right now.
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Normally I bake them at 450° for an hour, wrap them in a towel and put them in the freezer for 3 hours or more. This normally loosens up the crud and makes removing the jets much easier. Then soak in mineral spirits for a couple of days, then beadblast. As mentioned above get out all of the blasting media. Rod"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good." Thomas Sowell
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That depends alot with the nozzle and if your compressor will keep up. Do not use sand....... Please. Use glass beads or Black Beauty as Tom mentioned. One advantage of a cabinet is it recycles the media until it is dust, then vacumes it away. I regret selling mine. Will be buying a new one and a bigger compressor in the near future. You just can not do a good restoration without unless you pay someone else for use of theirs. Rod
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Submerging it in evaporust is another viable safe option.
This will get into the passages also3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
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What I use for cleaning Zenith carb bodies is to immerse them in a container filled with 1 part molasses and 8 parts water , very inexpensive and 100% effective . Let soak for a couple of days and you will be amazed at the results . Remove and rinse with water , environmentally safe. To prevent flash rust coat with a Phosforic acid based product or paint after drying .I use this method for all my heavily rusted small parts.
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Good info Ronald. The VFF has many threads on Phosphoric acid treatments.
Here is a Technical thread
https://www.vintagefordforum.com/for...ospho-with-pic
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I follow the electrolytic process on fordgarage.com to remove the rust and old paint. Works well!
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I found a 24 hour soak in Carb Cleaner in the gallon bucket, cleaned it well and got rid of 100% of the paint. Then I dried it and put it in Evaporust for 24 hours. Although I was able to get all the jets out before I did this. It was perfect ready for paint and reassembly with new jets.
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