Re: [MBZ] Parts cleaner
Have a look on Youtube as well for videos on upgrading your HF parts washer. Mostly a matter of moving the pump into a 5 gallon pail under the tank and putting a filter inline to clean the solvent. Randy On 14/11/2022 1:24 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: The HF parts washer I bought some years ago is entirely adequate, but only if you use solvent. The detergent cleaners were pretty worthless. It also has a fuse in the spring mechanism that holds the lid up, so that if a fire starts it'll drop the lid to smother it. (Assuming your whatsis doesn't stick up too far!) Sub-freezing solvent doesn't work too well, so I also submerged a heater into my tank. One uses that _very_ carefully! I haven't used it in awhile. Like all flat surfaces in my garage, it ends up being a holding pen for a buncha crap. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Parts cleaner
The HF parts washer I bought some years ago is entirely adequate, but only if you use solvent. The detergent cleaners were pretty worthless. It also has a fuse in the spring mechanism that holds the lid up, so that if a fire starts it'll drop the lid to smother it. (Assuming your whatsis doesn't stick up too far!) Sub-freezing solvent doesn't work too well, so I also submerged a heater into my tank. One uses that _very_ carefully! I haven't used it in awhile. Like all flat surfaces in my garage, it ends up being a holding pen for a buncha crap. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Parts cleaner
Good point. I’ll have to scrounge around for some kind of metal box or build one with my new welding skills! --FT Sent from iFōn > On Nov 14, 2022, at 2:17 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > If you make one out of plastic I'd be cautious about using any flammable > solvent. Plastic will melt quickly in a fire and then you've got a big > problem on your hands. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Parts cleaner
I have not built one but I agree there's nothing to them but a box and a pump. I bought a cheap HF one years ago. Used it a few times, then it ended up sitting for a long time. Don't even know if it still works. But it worked fine at the time and I'd guess it's as cheap as anything you'd make yourself from comparable parts. I used a strong solution of simple green as the cleaner, IIRC. Didn't want it to be anything flammable. If you make one out of plastic I'd be cautious about using any flammable solvent. Plastic will melt quickly in a fire and then you've got a big problem on your hands. On Sun, Nov 13, 2022, at 23:25, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > I was thinking that a small parts cleaner would be useful. I see this > one and it seems to be basically a box with a tray and some sort of > submersible pump to circulate cleaning solvent. Nothing exotic about > that. A comment says the pump is akin to a HF pump. > > Parts Washer 3.5 Gallon Capacity Tank Cabinet Portable Automotive Parts > Cleaner for Wheel Bearings, Gears, and carburetors (Blue)… > https://a.co/iweKjdH > > Anyone ever put something like this together? Plastic storage bin, > pump, screen tray… not much engineering to that. Diesel fuel as cleaner > solvent? Or some proper solvent? > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Parts cleaner
I have for years had a similar cleaner. I use Diesel and change it about once a year or whenever it gets too dirty. MG Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: I was thinking that a small parts cleaner would be useful. I see this one and it seems to be basically a box with a tray and some sort of submersible pump to circulate cleaning solvent. Nothing exotic about that. A comment says the pump is akin to a HF pump. Parts Washer 3.5 Gallon Capacity Tank Cabinet Portable Automotive Parts Cleaner for Wheel Bearings, Gears, and carburetors (Blue)… https://a.co/iweKjdH Anyone ever put something like this together? Plastic storage bin, pump, screen tray… not much engineering to that. Diesel fuel as cleaner solvent? Or some proper solvent? --FT Sent from iFōn ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Parts cleaner
I've been thinking of making one using an old stainless darkroom sink when I get around to rebuilding an aircraft engine. A 5 gallon can of solvent (mineral spirits, paint thinner, etc.) and pump and a filter of some kind and some hose. I was buying parts cleaner solvent in a 5 gallon can from Tractor Supply, but I can't find it on their website now. I use it with a siphon sprayer and air hose to wash down the Cessna engine and belly each year. On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 10:26 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I was thinking that a small parts cleaner would be useful. I see this one > and it seems to be basically a box with a tray and some sort of submersible > pump to circulate cleaning solvent. Nothing exotic about that. A comment > says the pump is akin to a HF pump. > > Parts Washer 3.5 Gallon Capacity Tank Cabinet Portable Automotive Parts > Cleaner for Wheel Bearings, Gears, and carburetors (Blue)… > https://a.co/iweKjdH > > Anyone ever put something like this together? Plastic storage bin, pump, > screen tray… not much engineering to that. Diesel fuel as cleaner solvent? > Or some proper solvent? > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Parts cleaner
I was thinking that a small parts cleaner would be useful. I see this one and it seems to be basically a box with a tray and some sort of submersible pump to circulate cleaning solvent. Nothing exotic about that. A comment says the pump is akin to a HF pump. Parts Washer 3.5 Gallon Capacity Tank Cabinet Portable Automotive Parts Cleaner for Wheel Bearings, Gears, and carburetors (Blue)… https://a.co/iweKjdH Anyone ever put something like this together? Plastic storage bin, pump, screen tray… not much engineering to that. Diesel fuel as cleaner solvent? Or some proper solvent? --FT Sent from iFōn ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
