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Joined: January 11, 2010 Photos: 14 Location: Florida
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1966 Beetle Intake Manifold Restoration |
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:55 pm Views: 23
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Detail showing a rotary cable “snake” I used to clear carbon blocked riser tube on my 1300cc intake manifold. Made the snake from a discarded push-pull (choke) cable salvaged from a small airplane, you could probably find something similar on a lawnmower or something. It worked so well that I wanted to share photos of the cable end in particular, a slight bend in the short clipped solid wire is able to move through the tube without snagging, spins round scraping through the carbon. It took about 1/2 an hour, some light hammer taps along the riser, and compressed air, until finally I broke through the carbon. No drilling holes to weld or plug later it’s on to the blast cabinet now! |
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