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any tips???

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i soaked the pipe in kero for two weeks. i just finished running two "bottle" brushes through many times. i then pushged a wire through it that i put sort of a small cork screw on one end then flushed with the garden hose.

i still get crud on the wire. now i am thinking of soaking it in gasoline for a few days and start over.

any body got something better???

thanks.
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Sounds like you may need something a little stronger. WalMart has a pretty good carburetor cleaner in spray cans. Pick up a couple cans and seal one end of the pipe and spray it full and let it set for a while. A lot of it will evaporate, but it should soften the crud. Then run the brush through it again. Just a thought.
 
Clamp it to something metal well away from anything inflamable and light it for a short time...not long enough to warp it or cause any damage. The 'sticky' should turn to black dust which will fall out or wash out with the hose.
Sam
 
Is there any way you could get a brush on a long wire handle and run thru it. I don't remember what they were called but where I use to work they had some tubing brushes that were on a 5 foot handle and would clean all the steel hyd lines before installing on a machine
 
Feed a suitable wire rope or steel cable through the tube , once through fray the end really well , then withdraw the cable a little at at time twisting it as you go . The sharp spring steel fibre ends scour the inner walls of the tube very well, wash afterwards. This works really well for the small oil gauge tubes as well but in that case use a bicycle cable.
 
Since it is steel only, and nothing else, you can boil it in water and lye (caustic soda). Boil it for a while, and it will become clean.

Bill
 
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