Carburetor storage - long term

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      Hi everyone !

   This thought popped into my petrified brain, and I thought maybe I would share it for those of us who may have "extra" carburetors sitting around.

How do you store a known good carburetor for long-term ?

   15-years back, I was visiting with a couple of guys who were renting a small commercial / industrial shop to work on their speedway cars. (round-de-round).
We got onto the curse of a stored carburetor drying-out.

   One of the guys promptly spoke up and said an old guy at the racetrack one time told him to First before storage to submerse the carb in a bucket of ATF, and roll it around and let it soak for 2-days.  Then remove the carb and let it drain then wrap it in a large towel and place it into a large dry-storage box or can.   It really did make sense, and I have never done this because I haven't ever had a large 5-gallon bucket of ATF.  At least the gaskets would not dry out, and the accelerator pump diaphragm would be lubed if it were leather.  It may also prevent check-balls from corroding or sticking too.

   Anyone using a similar method of pickling a carb before long-term storage ?

    Len 

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Greaser007 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 16 Jan. 2018 Location: Anderson, Calif Status: Offline Points: 850	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greaser007 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Carburetor storage - long term Posted: 10 Mar. 2019 at 5:41pm
	Hi everyone ! This thought popped into my petrified brain, and I thought maybe I would share it for those of us who may have "extra" carburetors sitting around. How do you store a known good carburetor for long-term ? 15-years back, I was visiting with a couple of guys who were renting a small commercial / industrial shop to work on their speedway cars. (round-de-round). We got onto the curse of a stored carburetor drying-out. One of the guys promptly spoke up and said an old guy at the racetrack one time told him to First before storage to submerse the carb in a bucket of ATF, and roll it around and let it soak for 2-days. Then remove the carb and let it drain then wrap it in a large towel and place it into a large dry-storage box or can. It really did make sense, and I have never done this because I haven't ever had a large 5-gallon bucket of ATF. At least the gaskets would not dry out, and the accelerator pump diaphragm would be lubed if it were leather. It may also prevent check-balls from corroding or sticking too. Anyone using a similar method of pickling a carb before long-term storage ? Len

nofender Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member x 3 Joined: 10 May 2016 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 2035	Post Options Post Reply Quote nofender Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar. 2019 at 9:49am
	I've always hit them with WD40 in and out. Squirt into any orifices you can get to. Then i wrap in plastic. Does it work? Well, don't really know. I've always ended up selling or giving away the stored part before I could use it again. While not a carb - I just acquired a TBI unit from a friend who used the same method. It was bagged for ten years. I clean it up and bit and installed it. It's perfect. Granted not the same - but the theory seemed to work.
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drm101 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 12 Dec. 2012 Location: Clarkston, MI Status: Offline Points: 1470	Post Options Post Reply Quote drm101 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar. 2019 at 6:16pm
	I like the WD40 idea. A friend told me to spray WD40 on my snowmobile engine after each use and the aluminum will stay looking nice. He was right.

Greaser007 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 16 Jan. 2018 Location: Anderson, Calif Status: Offline Points: 850	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greaser007 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 June 2019 at 4:14pm
	Hahaha ! thanks for the feed-back guys. too bad we all didn't invest in WD-40 stocks years ago. I have used so much Krylon spray-paint in my lifetime, I often think I should have invested in Krylon stocks too. Truthfully, I have never had the ability to invest in Stocks, because we did everything we could with our kids while they were growing up, and every activity costs money. Speaking of EFI, it sure would be a treat to install efi and put the carb on the shelf so as not to have to worry about a manual choke in cold weather. Yep, just bought another can of WD-40 too ! :)