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Old 05-21-2013, 04:51 PM   #148
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Re: 1952 1 Ton Rebuild

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Originally Posted by Russell Ashley View Post
That's where the leak was. Back in "the day" we used to pour a coke bottle of water down the carb while keeping the engine at about 1500 to 2,000 rpm. You dribbled the water a little at the time to clean out the combustion chambers. I guess you could say it was steam cleaning the pistons. At least that's what we said then, LOL.
I've done that before, it works.
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