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Offline garage gnome

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As a reward...
« 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]







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



Nate in Western MA 1953 3A #3268, The Jalopy, '47 2A Wheelin' rig, '49 3A, #37071, unmolested, bone stock named Ted

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Re: As a reward...
« Reply #1 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?
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Re: As a reward...
« Reply #2 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.  ;)
Nate in Western MA 1953 3A #3268, The Jalopy, '47 2A Wheelin' rig, '49 3A, #37071, unmolested, bone stock named Ted

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Re: As a reward...
« Reply #3 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
1946 2A - - - 1949 me - older than most of my Jeeps
1954 3B - - - 1957 Wagon - - - 2010 4-door JK
past Jeeps ---> '54 3B - no tub --- '59 3B - no engine
past addiction - VW ---> '69 bus --- '70 camper