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Originally Posted by Aussie Boy
I bought a cheap ultrasonic cleaner from Amazon. It works well enough. The best thing I found though is a 5 gallon bucket and some drain cleaner. Drain cleaner contains caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) which will remove most grease, dirt etc. When I worked for an earthmover we used that to clean all engine parts and such after a tear down so everything was nice and clean to rebuild.
A word of warning - use rubber gloves and wash everything really well when you pull it out of the solution. It can burn through your skin.
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Drain cleaner. I would have never thought of that. I was thinking of the 5 gallon bucket as a tub as well to soak parts.