Why every Mechanic should own an Ultrasonic Cleaner! (Clean Parts Last Longer)

In this video we discuss and show why every person working with bolts, fittings, parts too small for a pressure washer should own an ultrasonic parts cleaner. If you wish to donate to the channel it is [e-mail] on PayPal.
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[@abpsd73]

Great idea for parts cleaning. Always a better job to reassemble when everything is clean. I hate having to work on dirty equipment, bad enough getting dirty to tear it apart.

[@volvo09]

Yeah, the bags are a great idea! I can waste a lot of time futzing with parts and bolts cleaning them up. I got my first small ultrasonic 2 yrs ago and immediately wished i went bigger!

[@dieselrotor]

38 year long HD Mechanic and ultrasonic cleaners are the bomb (Been around since carbs) and I use vinegar !! But now I have to admit I never ever thought of putting the parts in baggies ! That is absolutely genius Brother. So glad I watched and I feel so dumb but enlightened LOL.

[@ShainAndrews]

Ultrasonic is one of the best investments I have done. I started with a small one probably 7-8 years back. Now i have a pretty good sized one. Think it is 3L that I can set with a variable frequency sweep. It will knock caked on grease off bolt heads no problem. Stay away from cleaners that contain sodium hydroxide as anything anodized or aluminum will be gone in short order. Like the bag idea. Had not considered that before.

[@davidwalle5025]

good idea. Need to try the bag method with my ultra sonic cleaner.

[@FarmStrong88]

They also work excellent for cleaning brass for reloading ammo

[@tb3687]

Got my 22L cleaner in the mail today, good timing on the video. These are great at cleaning weapons as well as any dirty parts. I like the simple green aircraft aluminum cleaner. Cheap and works great. Awesome idea with the bags. I will have to try that. Also if you want to use them in the liquid in the tank, amazon has some nice tight mesh baskets for tiny parts so they don’t fall to the bottom.

[@elijahrobinson2362]

EXCELLENT tip to let the inside of the bag get dirty and not the cleaner itself.

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

Exactly. Very good advice. 👍

[@seekingtko3146]

Agreed they are a must have item for the shop..interesting you can use water as the solution to clean..Thanks for the info, we'll look into it later on..

[@BlindBatG34]

A buddy of mine has a big heated unit from a surplus store that works great. He uses solvent or evaporust. I've been hesitant to get one because I don't have a good way to dispose of the solvent. Your bag idea looks like it might work out. pretty well.

[@Jamesrdc]

If it’s for commercial use I have a solution for you

[@josephharper9722]

I'm glad I saw this! I work at a CAT dealer in Louisiana. I mostly rebuild power train components. This would save a ton of time cleaning small parts. Now I have to convince my service manager to cough up the money. Might have to buy it myself. Must have.

[@mark_osborne]

I've been cleaning engine parts for 50 years, I have tried everything imaginable, even bought a $4400 aqueous tank washer for engine blocks and heads- which quickly sat in a corner until I got tired of looking at it. My dip tank has been filled with a 50/50 mix of "Purple Power" (sold under various brand names, Zep, Orielly brand, Sams Club, etc) and water for the last 25 years. I have 2 other 7 gallon buckets, one with 100% straight Purple Power for anything steel, and the other bucket is 50/50 like the dip tank which allows you to clean aluminum parts (but you do have to watch it as it will eventually turn aluminum black). It is without a doubt the best combination I've come up with, it just works. Even better than the old Tyme sold by Zep. But I have considered buying one of these ultrasonic cleaners and really enjoyed your video and may give one a try, I can see the potential usefulness ! Thank you for the great video

[@Ramn8tr]

Like cooking your parts sous vide. Good idea.

[@AdeptApe]

Medium rare bolts are the best.

[@mikekotarba5828]

Thank you for the great info on the ultrasonic cleaner

[@aslkdfjhg]

Same with the body and frame, even in dry climates keeping it clean will ensure it lasts as lot as practically possible.

[@lackagreaseequipmentrepair6984]

Love the bag idea.

[@eddgar033]

Great Channel 👍 keep up the great work.

[@lukestrasser]

Always nice to get a real world review on a product. How’s the 3208 with the bad injection pump that had a quarter inch of dirt in the intake ports? Hope all is well!

[@victormcox]

My own destruction of the week! Apparently a oppossum some how got up into my engine compartment at a truck stop while on a rest break and I didn't see it during my pretrip!😢. Broke a fan blade, busted a hole in the top cooling fin area. Limped it home with radiator cap lose and 10 gallons of water, then $1800.00 worth of parts later!!!! Back on the road 🤪🤟👍 6NZ-. I know I'm going to get raked over the coals for driving it (my truck)but stupid people do stupid things. The Lord has watched over me so far and I've made it to 62!!

[@AdeptApe]

That sounds imPOSSUMible.

[@victormcox]

@@AdeptApe I deserved that!!

[@akfarmboy49]

Good tip about bagging parts. I’ve seen guys use rust remover in bath and works derusting your parts

[@AdeptApe]

If I removed all the rust off of some of our customer's parts, there wouldn't be anything left.

[@badgerpa9]

@@AdeptApe Did you work on my truck?? lol

[@Rx7man]

I just bought a 10L ultrasonic cleaner!

[@jfarinacci0329]

Good vid. Thank you.

[@patelnisarg4908]

Great job 👌👍

[@larrytalley117]

Pretty cool video showing an alternative to gallons of toxic cleaning solvents. As for that poor RV...I'm thinking lung cancer?Turbo? Or...that age old issue with old Cats in RV's...overheating leading to cylinder damage, resulting in Blowby. Am I close?

[@AdeptApe]

That one had a cracked head, which put a "little" bit of coolant into the exhaust system.

[@larrytalley117]

@@AdeptApe Ha...overheating. It is so easy to overheat a C7 or 3126 in an RV if the driver is not aware of how to keep the rpm's above 2000 while climbing. With a rear radiator and a direct drive fan, it just doesn't get enough air through the radiator to provide enough cooling. Couple that with a compromised cooling system then the cycle becomes as vicious as a bicycle with a bent wheel.

[@LeewardStudios]

I use a cheap harbor freight ultrasonic for gun parts and brass. I’ll have to try the bag method. I use a mild degreaser, such as simple green, dawn or lemishine which is just citric acid and just dump the solution. With a stainless tub and basket never really have residue to scrub. Just dump and rinse. Got to limit time on brass with citric acid it will leach out alloyed metals and weaken the brass leaving it almost pink in color. Literally only need 1 9mm case of citric acid to about 2 liters hot water for no more than 20 min.

[@davidroberts2404]

Tide works in ultrasonic as well. Works really well

[@jeffsimonar7161]

I hear you talking with clean bolts, I have a bench grinder with a wire brush on it and I clean all of my bolts up before I reassemble just about everything

[@MrDLux82]

Great method with the ziploc bags!

[@mikemaginness9960]

Great idea cleaning video! 🤔😉👍👍👍

[@stevebell4906]

I did watch and clock work for years,,,an ultrasonic is great for that work...It is important to get all of the dirt and oil off of all of the parts.....so that when you reassemble them and you put a drop of oil it will stay there by capillary action ...if you add too much oil and if the parts are not perfectly clean...the oil will just run away! ...if you do it right the oil will stay right where you put it!

[@Jay_Ira]

This is a great tip, thanks for the video. Quick question, if it's for the shop's use, why didn't you have them buy it?

[@AdeptApe]

I use it, nobody else. Our shop is pretty bad for buying shop tooling as well, the oil drain pans are a joke, there isn't even a bolt bin. 20 guys have to share about 2 comm adapters too.

[@ramtruck2011able]

From reviews and threads I've watched and read. If the metal parts are left in the ultrasonic cleaner to long. It could discolor the metal a little. I really love my cleaner

[@mtgwdefender]

¡ GENIUS ! 👌👍That's what I call " AN INTELLIGENT MECHANIC WITH A STRONG SENSE OF CONSERVATION AND DEDICATION". Where I work (I can't say where for obvious reasons), people just buy everything new on every repair👎👎🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️. I see so much waste 🗑 💸💰🤑 and laziness 🥴👿😴

[@AdeptApe]

It isn't right to waste the customers money either. I see it with shop tooling as well, people destroy everything they don't own.

[@bigred1247]

Electrolysis works awsome on blocks heads everything for a like factory start.thid is good 👍 as well

[@WilliamTMusil]

Hiya. FYI, love my ultrasonic. The noise can be handled. The heavier the bench, the quieter it is. Putting a sheet of closed cell foam under the unit does a lot to damp the sound and vibration in the bench. If your tools start dancing on the bench when you power it on, try the foam and/or a more rigid bench top.

[@AdeptApe]

That's a good tip. The bench is pretty sturdy and it is far enough away from where the mechanics are generally working that nobody has ran it over with a D8 yet, but I might try that foam trick.

[@Rx7man]

@@AdeptApe I put a couple pairs of old welding glove on top of it, that helps quiet it down as well

[@anthonyhunt561]

I just open the hot tank drop the block and all metal parts in wait 4 hours , no paint just clean parts, ready to assemble 👍🏼

[@marksam6824]

Hi Josh great channel. Nissan Patrol GU 4.2 6 cyl diesel. I would swop the engine out and fit a Caterpiller engine what's my opinions please let me know?.

[@cullenmiller8170]

I want to buy a cheap dishwasher for the shop to wash parts. I watched a guy wash a Mercedes diesel head in one and it worked great.

[@Smiling_mike]

I lived in W. Germany for 7 years and have a German friend that would rebuild his motorcycle every few years. He would tear it down and then wash his motor block/cases in the dishwasher when his girlfriend was out of town visiting relatives. It was pretty amazing how clean it would come out after using some type of cleaner and hot water= he swore by the dishwasher method!

[@AdeptApe]

I have thought of that as well. The Hotsy brand washers are basically like that just higher pressure and they recycle the water. The ultrasonic is better for little passages and stuff, like a carb or fittings, but for just general cleaning something like a dishwasher would work.

[@peterkuykendall3636]

It would be nice if the dishwasher output could somehow be captured like the dirty solvent is in a parts washer.

[@cullenmiller8170]

@@peterkuykendall3636 Just put the drain into a 30 or 50 gallon barrel. You could also draw from from that with an inline filter and reuse the water and let solids settle to the bottom.

[@Rx7man]

Oh, yes, Superclean works good, so does Greezoff or any other purple power kinda solven An affordable, easy to get solvent.. PINE SOL.. works awesome on carbs and all sorts of stuff.. if you have a totally gummed up carb, soak it in straight pine sol, bonus points for the ultrasonic cleaner if you got it.

[@AdeptApe]

I like the smell of Pine Sol, might have to just it just got that reason. Every engine leaving the shop will smell like Pine trees.

[@Rx7man]

@@AdeptApe I usually leave my really grimy parts in the ultrasonic for an hour or two just heating, then turn on the ultrasonic at the end, with really hot water, yeah, the shop does smell quite strongly of pine sol. I do a lot of turbo machining so I put the housings in it when I'm done to get any dust out of them

[@khoatran9482]

I use one to clean my guns works great.

[@MrJewripper]

Im replacing the cam roller side cover gaskets on a C7. Is there a technique to aligning the pushrods in the cam follower seats? Or just suffer and use a borescope? Thanks

[@AdeptApe]

A mechanic mirror works best.

[@MrJewripper]

@@AdeptApe cheers thanks

[@allanmccullough8550]

Get some Fleetwash or similar from a truck parts store, it's a lot cheaper than that stuff in a spray bottle.

[@MiguelGarcia-nl3ci]

Nice!. I use gas i just dip em all in gas.

[@danielumphres4296]

Cool tip. Can you please do video on just the 6nz, info about it everything you need to know. That would be awesome

[@FarmStrong88]

He has several c15 and 3406 videos...

[@elijahguzik4618]

Would this be cat's tooling-c

[@dieselfreak69]

Yeah I think I’ll stick to my safety clean parts washer and brake clean.

[@mark_osborne]

not trying to sound like some know-it-all but Brake Clean has been shown to cause kidney damage, it's really really bad stuff. If you're using it either use it outside or with excellent ventilation pulling the fumes away from your head.

[@magnumjohnson9628]

Nice!

[@aodhmacraynall8932]

yeah them bolts rinse em off and thow some wd 40 on em and drive that water off. dont do it on them jets tho.

[@timblack33]

I feel like an idiot not using the bags before now. Wow.

[@metallitech]

Ultrasonic cleaners have become too popular! I good second hand non-chinese one is very expensive now.