So I was inspired by this thread to take apart my MK II. Wow. Its filthy inside. The inside of the frame and trigger assembly area has a ton of greasy, dirty, sticky crap all over everything. I cleaned the parts of the "upper", so to speak, but left the "lower" alone. Function tested fine, but I'd like to get the inside cleaned. FWIW, the re-assembly wasnt so bad.
Is it ok to use something like brake cleaner to spray out everything? Im just thinking there may be some parts in there that Im not aware of that wont react well with something like that. Usually with my other guns, I just brush out this area with a toothbrush and patches. Afaik, youre not supposed to get any oil in there. (correct?) I was prepared to do the same with the MK II but its caked with all this greasy dirt. No way I can just brush it out.
I see a couple of pins that seem to be holding the trigger and hammer in place. Would it be better to push those out and clean all the parts outside of the gun? I usually dont mess around with these on my other pistols, but Ive never seen a gun this dirty on the inside.
Any advice? Breakcleaner blast-out vs disassembly? Looking around the basement, I dont have any breakcleaner on-hand, is starter fluid ok?
Dont mean to hi-jack, just figured it would be silly to start a second MK cleaning thread. Hopefully others can pick something up from any responses.
Thanks.