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Carstuff--Emma's engine
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Note to self:
Buy Wife a pretty pair of stilletos /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Paul
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Paul, you go out and buy her those stilletos regardless.
She'll either adore you or think you've lost your mind.
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Note to self:
Buy Wife a pretty pair of stilletos /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Paul
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Paul, you go out and buy her those stilletos regardless.
She'll either adore you or think you've lost your mind.
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heheeee... we're havin' fun NOW, by da**!!!
Tony: Die grinder with Scotch-Loc pad and some patience can save HOURS of the ol' "scrape, scrape, scrape" routine. I consider the combination invaluable. Even the old "#2 Permatex Form-a-Gasket" dissappears beautifully, with NO damage to the mating surfaces... including auminium. Just don't "bear down" on it like a sailor cleanin' a hull. PATIENCE is the key component. Where's Banjo when I need reinforcement!?
heheeee... we're havin' fun NOW, by da**!!!
Tony: Die grinder with Scotch-Loc pad and some patience can save HOURS of the ol' "scrape, scrape, scrape" routine. I consider the combination invaluable. Even the old "#2 Permatex Form-a-Gasket" dissappears beautifully, with NO damage to the mating surfaces... including auminium. Just don't "bear down" on it like a sailor cleanin' a hull. PATIENCE is the key component. Where's Banjo when I need reinforcement!?
Bret
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Well, it looks like everyone has you on the right path JB. In fact those side tappet covers is a known common problem leak area on our engines. From what I’ve read & heard the gaskets get cooked there next to the exhaust and basically fall a part over time.
Anyway I've had same problem a few years ago and installed the silicon gasket set from Moss and have been running them for some time now with out any leaks as far as I can tell. I swear that must have cleared up about 90 % of my leaks when I did that.
Well, it looks like everyone has you on the right path JB. In fact those side tappet covers is a known common problem leak area on our engines. From what I’ve read & heard the gaskets get cooked there next to the exhaust and basically fall a part over time.
Anyway I've had same problem a few years ago and installed the silicon gasket set from Moss and have been running them for some time now with out any leaks as far as I can tell. I swear that must have cleared up about 90 % of my leaks when I did that.
tony barnhill
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Die grinder with Scotch-Loc pad
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Doubt that's what she was using, Doc!
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Die grinder with Scotch-Loc pad
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Doubt that's what she was using, Doc!
jsneddon
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Die grinder with Scotch-Loc pad
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If you have a compressor and don't have a Die Grinder with a Scotch-loc pad then RUN don't WALK to the store and buy one. They are the greatest thing since the left-handed cranstigator....
Whilst paying my way through college the second time (don't ask) I had the great fortune of working for a couple of shysters who "restored" old photo processing equipment for resale. If you think the sills on an MG get rusty you should see so-called "stainless steel" that has been exposed to a nasty photo chemical called "Bleach-Fix".... red, stinky, crystallizes into something very much like Bakelite.
About 4 hours and 20 or so scotch-locs later and these tanks and frames would be shiny as new. Strips rust, paint, gunk, goop, makes spectacular sparks, is small and fits dang near anywhere....
Cuts down your elbow-grease by a factor of at least 20.
Love-em Love-em Love-em!
Guy in our Triumph club used them to completely strip the paint off of a 40's Ford Coupe he's turning into a hot-rod. I bet the neighbors loved him... the high pitched whine will rattle your fillings.
OK... commercial is now off.
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Die grinder with Scotch-Loc pad
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If you have a compressor and don't have a Die Grinder with a Scotch-loc pad then RUN don't WALK to the store and buy one. They are the greatest thing since the left-handed cranstigator....
Whilst paying my way through college the second time (don't ask) I had the great fortune of working for a couple of shysters who "restored" old photo processing equipment for resale. If you think the sills on an MG get rusty you should see so-called "stainless steel" that has been exposed to a nasty photo chemical called "Bleach-Fix".... red, stinky, crystallizes into something very much like Bakelite.
About 4 hours and 20 or so scotch-locs later and these tanks and frames would be shiny as new. Strips rust, paint, gunk, goop, makes spectacular sparks, is small and fits dang near anywhere....
Cuts down your elbow-grease by a factor of at least 20.
Love-em Love-em Love-em!
Guy in our Triumph club used them to completely strip the paint off of a 40's Ford Coupe he's turning into a hot-rod. I bet the neighbors loved him... the high pitched whine will rattle your fillings.
OK... commercial is now off.
Banjo
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Holy cow! Every time J.B posts a thread, it's up to 4 pages in as many hours. I cant keep up.
3M rol-locs, scotch-locs, or "cookies" as we call 'em, are your friend.
Also look for the Scotch wheels that are made just for cleaning. They look like a plastic disc with a bunch of fingers molded sticking off it. They come in different grades (different colors indicate the grades) and won't harm aluminum (or other gasket surface)when taking off the gasket
The biggest thing for the hobbiest to keep in mind is that a die grinder consumes a LOT of air.
For just cleaning up the odd gasket surface you're ok but if you "take an entire 40 Ford down to bare metal" with one, you're gonna need a fairly high capacity compressor to keep up.
Jay' It looks like you had a sanding pad on the angle grinder. Am I right? A stone would have really torn that up.
I hope you either stuffed a rag in the cavities or cleaned out everything really good before the covers went back on. I'd hate to hear of a little chunk of gasket clogging up an oil passage or something.
Holy cow! Every time J.B posts a thread, it's up to 4 pages in as many hours. I cant keep up.
3M rol-locs, scotch-locs, or "cookies" as we call 'em, are your friend.
Also look for the Scotch wheels that are made just for cleaning. They look like a plastic disc with a bunch of fingers molded sticking off it. They come in different grades (different colors indicate the grades) and won't harm aluminum (or other gasket surface)when taking off the gasket
The biggest thing for the hobbiest to keep in mind is that a die grinder consumes a LOT of air.
For just cleaning up the odd gasket surface you're ok but if you "take an entire 40 Ford down to bare metal" with one, you're gonna need a fairly high capacity compressor to keep up.
Jay' It looks like you had a sanding pad on the angle grinder. Am I right? A stone would have really torn that up.
I hope you either stuffed a rag in the cavities or cleaned out everything really good before the covers went back on. I'd hate to hear of a little chunk of gasket clogging up an oil passage or something.