Soaking spark arrestor screen in Brake Cleaner?

[ZeroJunk]

On another note, where do you keep your saws that dirt daubers get in ?

 

[grizz55chev]

On another note, where do you keep your saws that dirt daubers get in ?

The garage? That's where mine are

 

[ZeroJunk]

The garage? That's where mine are

Put a piece of tape or stuff some tissue in it..
There are pieces of equipment that I have screwed with for half an hour trying to get that crap out. And, that was with the screen.

 

[lone wolf]

Interesting thought ZeroJunk. I had my BG86 blower do the same. I never thought of leaving it out the last time it plugged. Obviously, my blower slows down gradually long before I really notice.
Now you got me wondering if I can remove the screen and re-install the nut. I'll have to look

Mine clogs to no big deal, only occasionally.

 

[Jasonrkba]

Burn it off. I take off the muffler and burn the carbon out of the muffler also when they are that bad. It is a good time to inspect the exhaust port.

 

[Bill G]

Now those ARE stupid questions. I asked how long people usually soak the screen in brake cleaner, which is a pretty standard way of cleaning these screens, as I understand it. Maybe it wasn't as well thought out as you would like, but others apparently thought so because I got some good answers.

Then there are always in these forums the insecure people who want to show how intelligent they are. And how funny. They are usually neither.

I rarely agree with @grizz55chev but he is right.

 

[Bill G]

No telling how many hundreds of them I have thrown away or ground off with a grinder.

Guess I'm going to hell.

No, but the State of New York might sue you.........

 

[tomsteve]

Yep, just like the Harley forum. I guess there's ******** in pretty much every forum.

******** here are much better ******** than in hardley forums.

 

[EasyT]

I rarely agree with @grizz55chev but he is right.

What exactly has made you think I or anybody else gives a rat's *** about your opinion?

 

[Sidecarflip]

Wow, 49 comments about something as elementary as removing carbon from a spark arrestor screen. I'm amazed. Why I quit commenting on political threads. Everyone has an opinion or some sort of input and opinions are like buttholes, most stink.

This forum is like most forums so not unusual at all. On another forum I'm on, 156 comments about the difference between off road diesel and on road diesel. No difference except off road is dyed red, but 156 comments anyway. I didn't even bother to respond on that thread. Waste of time and finger energy typing a comment.

I do that here as well, but especially on political threads.

 

[ZeroJunk]

Wow, 49 comments about something as elementary as removing carbon from a spark arrestor screen. I'm amazed. Why I quit commenting on political threads. Everyone has an opinion or some sort of input and opinions are like buttholes, most stink.

This forum is like most forums so not unusual at all. On another forum I'm on, 156 comments about the difference between off road diesel and on road diesel. No difference except off road is dyed red, but 156 comments anyway. I didn't even bother to respond on that thread. Waste of time and finger energy typing a comment.

I do that here as well, but especially on political threads.

It is somewhat entertaining. If not, nobody would be here for long.

 

[Sidecarflip]

Fair statement, however, entertainment don't equate directly to leaving a comment, especially ones that are arcane in nature. I read threads all the time on here and elsewhere but at some point in any thread, comments become irrelevant.

 

[lone wolf]

It is somewhat entertaining. If not, nobody would be here for long.

Only entertaining for a very short while !

 

[jellyroll]

If you have a charcoal grill or a firepit a small wood fire will clean it if you have no torch. I tried soaking screens before and never had any luck.
If you heat with wood you can place the screen on the hot coals to clean it.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

With an MS170, spark arrestor screen removed- you could cut two small sticks, rub those two small sticks together to create fire.

 

[ZeroJunk]

Only entertaining for a very short while !

You seem to be hanging in here pretty well.

 

[lone wolf]

You seem to be hanging in here pretty well.

Lost interest now, I can say.

 

[ZeroJunk]

Lost interest now, I can say.

Yeah, lost a step it seems.

 

[HansFranz]

With an MS170, spark arrestor screen removed- you could cut two small sticks, rub those two small sticks together to create fire.

One could probably also use the rubber band from one's man-bun to fashion a bow with which to start a fire with a bow-drill...
or use the sand from one's mangina to strike sparks from one's clutched pearls...

 

[gggGary]

If you ask experts a question and they don't "just answer it". You are fortunate they took the time to politely hint you didn't even know enough to ask the right question. After I had been around a while I started to pick up on seeing the real "expert" wander away knowing the asker wasn't knowledgeable enough to understand a correct answer ... Your ideas may very.