[Farmall] cleaning solvents

[szabelsk at gdls.com]

My dad used kerosene to clean parts. Brush them after soaking overnight.
You can also try using the cheap carb cleaners to soften most crud and
brush the residual off.

Carl Szabelski



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Seems like as far back as I can remember, we've always had a 5 or 10 gallon

tank of some kind to clean the greasy parts when we took things apart for
repair. Soaking them overnight and then using a hand brush to remove the
crud usually did the job. Within the last 5 years, I've noticed the solvent

that I buy has less and less potency  and won't clean much of the
grease.  The 55 gallon drum where I buy my solvent now says "mineral
spirits" on it.  The guy at the parts house just shrugs and says "that's
all we can get now days".  I'm wondering if it like this all over the
country, or just out here in California where the EPA runs everything?  And

what solution seems to work the best?

bobcurrie
greenwood, CA


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