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by foggyjames » 20 Sep 2006 01:39 am
Presumably that's the Solex from Gemma's 1.7? Looks very clean...just carb cleaner?
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by 340GLT » 20 Sep 2006 12:38 pm
Yeh its the solex from her 1.7!!
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by petavius » 23 Sep 2006 12:31 am
And 'she' is very impressed! Just got back from Scotland so I'll give it a proper look tomorrow! Thanks so much Ad - will be in touch.
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by garethreece » 23 Sep 2006 12:07 pm
You impressed a Reece, you must be good adam
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by petavius » 23 Sep 2006 11:30 pm
340GL 1984 B406 AJO - scrapped (sob)
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by shimon340 » 25 Sep 2006 01:27 pm
hi adam!
what dya use to clean up that carb? looks goooooooood!!

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by 340GLT » 26 Sep 2006 07:25 pm
All sorts of crap, i did it in a parts washer so its proper solvent, with a bit of paraffin mixed in!!
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by petavius » 26 Sep 2006 08:49 pm
Are you saying you cleaned my carb with 'all sorts of crap!!' - looked remarkably clean in that case

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by antiekeradio » 26 Sep 2006 10:21 pm
indeed.. you'd expect it to be a tad browner

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by 340GLT » 28 Sep 2006 08:29 pm
What i meant was its an actual solvent used in a parts cleaner but with 6months of grease and dirt etc added in!!! lol
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by petavius » 28 Sep 2006 10:43 pm
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by redline » 28 Sep 2006 11:05 pm
petavius wrote:Are you saying you cleaned my carb with 'all sorts of crap!!'

I should have tried that , remember the url sticker packaging eh Gemma !!!!!
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by petavius » 29 Sep 2006 07:04 pm
Thanks Mick - I'd just put those thoughts to the back of my mind!

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