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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc. => Willys photo and story threads... => Topic started by: garage gnome on March 07, 2013, 10:28:00 PM

Title: As a reward...
Post by: garage gnome on March 07, 2013, 10:28:00 PM

For taking the dual carb swap so well, I washed, waxed, cleaned the interior,cleaned all the windows, detailed the engine bay and degreased the underside. One more month until I can drive it!  [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]

(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx125/willyscjmj/4B5F616E-C07F-4696-B687-FAA2E957D4A7-420-000000DF2F4C9FB3.jpg)

(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx125/willyscjmj/E24ECCF8-C2C6-4360-81A8-8EF9C9B820B4-420-000000DF4225A854.jpg)

(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx125/willyscjmj/32AAACBD-07B0-49C8-8A9F-053E17F83013-420-000000DF1894515B.jpg)

The underside side of the rear floor had a nice coating of black stuff as did the transfer case, skid plate and rear axle. All nice and clean now. :D

(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx125/willyscjmj/DCD27DAB-3BD6-447B-A89B-A298BBD09631-420-000000DF5C0F391F.jpg)

(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx125/willyscjmj/4D09F599-B244-48EF-A127-EEB4596593B1-420-000000DF546B6FC8.jpg)

Title: Re: As a reward...
Post by: Ryan_M on March 08, 2013, 06:16:38 AM

Looks great. What do you use for a method and cleaning solution for the engine bay? Do hose the entire engine down or do you clean each component by hand?

Title: Re: As a reward...
Post by: garage gnome on March 08, 2013, 07:06:24 AM

Before I did the dual carb swap, I too everything off my engine that wasn't Pontiac blue. I bought some engine degreaser, Gunk brand. I started using it and the stuff smelled and looked like kerosene. Anyways, I cleaned the engine with a tooth brush and touched up the paint. So it was pretty clean to begin with. Then while it was on the lift, I used my special engine degreaser, a mix of 50/50 ATF and #2 oil or diesel for the underside. That stuff works much better. Spray it on with an old squirt bottle and wipe off with an old towel. I had to just hose off the engine bay and do a little more hand scrubbing of the dead bugs to finish it.  ;)

Title: Re: As a reward...
Post by: johnrb3b on March 08, 2013, 10:30:00 AM

Hope you had the back half of the overdrive bolted up before you sprayed that gunk all over the underside.  ;D