Since the output of a battery charger, 12v DC, has no physical contact with the input, 120v AC because it goes through a transformer and rectifier I seriously doubt that a GFI would help unless the battery charger itself fell into the water while you had your hands in it.

As for being scared of electricity, let's just say I have respect it and use caution around anything that may harm myself or others.

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

DC VOLTAGE. I wonder about how high a voltage DC could be dangerous so I did a Google search. Most answered that in theory 1 AMP might under the exactly right condition kill you it was highly unlikely.

Here is a link to the CDC ,center for disease controll, run by the US Govt. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/1992-0064-2222.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/98-131/overview.html

It lists around 16 mA as a current level where you may not be able to let go.

Around 20 mA can paralyze your respiratory muscles and stop breathing.

100 mA can cause ventricular fibrillation and stop the heart. This is particularly dangerous because even if you get disconnected from the current, your heart won't necessarily restart.

Just thought I would throw that out there. Pete

Thanks for the warnings fellas. I do try to be careful with any tool in the shop, but especially electricity!

Here is how the intake came out of the vat after 2 and a half days...



Most of the articles I read said something about taking a wire brush to it because all of the rust left on the iron piece would be silt like and come off pretty easily. I can vouce for that. Anything brown on there just wiped off or maybe peeled off in the places. A wire brush with little effort did the trick. It did loosen up all the stuff inside the runners too.

Here is what it looked like after 5 minutes...



And this is what it looked like after I put it in Duplicolor engine primer gray...



I was impressed by what it did to the inside more so than the outside, but it certainly did its work on this manifold. I guess for the "crispy" parts you have this might be a good way to go if you are willing to wait. Of course, this thing was in the vat for a long time, but I wonder how much shorter it would have been to just turn it up to the 10 amp instead of 2 amp setting? I went ahead and threw in 2 headlight buckets in the vat after I cleaned it out and set it up again. Should have done before and after of those too.

I will make another post about the ultrasonic cleaner though. This afternoon, that thing did a great number on a 2 barrel ECG carburetor with just that $ store Awesome cleaner bottle and water. Unbelievable. Wonderful results. What it did not get off after I pulled it out of the tank, the gunk just wiped right off.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Daniel you're doing a great job and it sounds like you're having a good time doing it, how bout I send you some of my parts to have fun with, Sincerely Tom Sawyer.

Ted, Redding, CA

Here are the results of the carb parts in the ultrasonic...









I used just one bottle of Awesome to do the fuel bowl, choke housing, and the butterfly base. The parts did not come out PERFECT, but you can see how great they look. This is with no pre-soak, no scrubbing, etc. Just place them in the tank and rinse when the cycle is complete.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

LOL - bring it on! Of course, what you are gonna have to pay in shipping is gonna put you over the top. Reminds me of the days we used to whitewash the fence, Sincerely Huckleberry Finn.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I wish when you guys use these weird references you would refer to the original works? Sam C.

What type of ultrasonic did you use? Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Chuck,

All I did was put in a bottle of the $ store Awesome cleaner (about 1 liter or so), and then the rest was simply water. The unit has a heater on it (about 125 degrees max), and there are several different pre-timed cycles you could use. I used the 8 minute cycle on the carb parts. The unit is a Harbor Freight (Chicago Electric, spelled China Electric) model that holds a little over 2 liters of solution. I think I put a photo of the unit up in the first post I made in this thread. Worked very well as you can see.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

And you thought I could remember that? I've looked at the Harbor Freight cleaners and was curious about how well they worked. I wish something larger or converting an existing parts cleaner was priced within reason. Did you see the video of Leno's machine that will take a complete block? Super neat! Chuck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p36RPkxa_I4

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Thanks for the link, I will have to take a look at that video. Historically I have always liked to use the heavy duty carb cleaner in the gallon can where you just submerge your parts for several hours. Now though, I have not really found anything that compares to what I used... even back in the early 90's . With this ultrasonic cleaner, now I can get the parts pretty clean without caustic solution, and with the cleaner so cheap it is almsot a no-brainer to use. With this ECG carb I was surprised to see #52 jets... IIRC these things always ran a number higher I believe. I had to booger one up to get it out.

By the way, there was some evaporated gasoline goo on the original float needle.... and guess what took care of that? The ultrasonic!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com