Ultrasonic cleaner for webers?

Hi Chris,

I just did this with 6 DCOEs this last winter/spring.
I needed a soft wire brush on my buffer and I bought a bead blasting cabinet.
I got some small hand SS brushes as well.
Finding the specialized tools for these carbs is very difficult.
I could not found a seat reamer but I did end up getting a tip on antoher way to fix my problem.

I had numerous linkage and intake manifold pieces to do as well.
Mine needed a lot of work so I ended up soaking them in a 5 gallon pail.
The 5 gallon size was supposed to be the "industrial" version. Bottom line, I don't think you'll find a version of a cleaner out there that's as effective as the stuff
from days gone by. Pierce Manifolds uses the bead blast/ultrasonic combo.

I ended up masking the hell out of my carbs, putting on all the cover plates with the old gaskets and bead blasting them. It worked very well and they
turned out beautifully with zero internal penetration of the glass beads. Mine had a lot of exterior corrosion. I've done others that did not and the bead blasting was not needed. I'd try to avoid the bead blasting if not required. The current version of soak cleaners don seem to brighten up the metal like the old stuff did. Other than that I had all the screws, washers etc. re-plated and replaced the idle mixture screws plus some other items out right. All the plating of the carb, linkage and manifold bits was about $100 and tedious to keep track of while dealing with the plating company.

I've attached some pictures. As you can see, I started with a big mess.

I used spray lithium grease for the ball bearings.

You could just send them to Pierce Manifolds and enjoy your winter in front of a fireplace instead of standing at the blaster cabinet and soak tank ;>)

Bob S.
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Thanks Chris. They did turn out looking nice and I have yet to put them back on the Lambo but soon I hope.

I was half way into the project when I started looking at big utrasonic cleaners and I just never pulled the trigger.

I think Craig, also on this post, sounds like he may get one.

He and I as well as some other helpful folks on this site collaborated on a Pertronix distributor conversion earlier this year. He was very interested in my Weber restoration as well. Craig is Mr. Muira and has an astounding collection of technical info on those cars.

He may well know the serial number and production date of every tire ever mounted on a Muira. ;>)

He IS that detailed.

Bob S.