I'm hearing you brother, it hurts being beaten by a bit of plastic rubbish. Ultrasonic won't help, I can't see anything it would clean, seems to me the slide does nothing with the air control. Where in Aus are you,trying to get a group together in Melb to have Sunday afternoon think tanks on what makes these LM carbs not work,we can sit around a table having tea and biscuits discussing them before smashing them with a hammer