Yep - the rinse you use will certainly impact how well the parts dry. This is one of the main reasons I don't use Zenith cleaning and rinse solutions - the rinses would never be dry when the cycle on my machine was done with Zenith solutions, but with L&R rinses there's never a problem.
Can use whatever method you like I guess, but I don't see a huge difference between moving the parts through the warm air (cycle in the cleaner) or moving the warm air through the parts (jury rigged dryer). If anything I would suspect that the jury rigged cleaner may not work as efficiently (given the same temperature and time), since you could have parts laying on each other trapping in moisture. So you may have to heat longer to get the drying effect fully completed.
Although your machine is certainly old, the concept of time and temperature still applies for drying. Most newer machines still use the same method so spinning a basket over a heating element.
Cheers, Al
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