mrzods13

What can I soak my intake in it has black deposits in it can't get it out. I was going to buy a 5 gallon pail of brake cleaner and just soak it in that for a while.

Archer

mr -

Cast or aluminum?

Archer

moe7404

if its baked on carbon, water will loosen that. it does on my smoking pipe. a little heat might help

mrzods13

Cast and I was hitting it with the torch before back and forth and it was coming off a little but it is been baked on, it's been on there for a while. Thinking of hot tanking it, might be cheap at the local machine shop can't see it being more than $50

moe7404

build a steel box on top of your bar-B-Q and heat to 300- 500 F.

TVLynn

have the local machine shop hot tank it.... I had a friends 2.2 ply spun a rod brg.
WHAT a mess to get everything clean. Looking back I should have taken it to the machine shop I spent hours & hours cleaning everything

mrzods13

It is gonna be $25 for glass beading and hot tank not bad at all.

pro-tech

Moe you are like my brother...I put all my parts in an old Bar-B que and turn it on high for an hour or two...When the part comes out paint,carbon,grease, whatever just brushes away and it is clean as a whistle...I do that on heads intakes small brackets etc...it is like having a hot tank/box which alot of machine shops dont use hot tanks anymore...They have a big hot box and clean part in this fashion so the by-product is ash and much easier to dispose of...Bill

RacerHog

Bill is full of hogwash... He takes them to work and uses the trans guys parts washer.....lol

Mr Belvedere

Throw some ribs in there with that intake!!

pro-tech

They dont do it anymore to many Envromental issues...I dont work anymore so I dont have the access I use to...But the local engine shop here does it the way I was saying in a big Hot box type thing and all the debris falls into a big draw on the bottom that is dumped into a dumpster and is evriomentaly friendly...Thats where I got the idea and all the debris falls into a can under the bar-b que...it works for me...The only issue is it does smoke for a while until the grease burns off...I do have a question though is hogwash where you take a bath/shower....Now that funny I dont care what side of the country your from...LMAO....Bill

moe7404

is pro-tech my long lost bro? ill bet you soak the out side of a carb for a couple of days with WD-40 to loose the dirt before you final clean it. and / or should we star a talk about marvel mystery oil?

RacerHog

I just spit coffee all over my screen.....

RacerHog

Some say Vinegar work well if you let it sit.... But I have not tried it!

Mr Belvedere

How about a few gallons of Coca cola?

RacerHog

No...That's old school VHT for traction...

pro-tech

The ole oil of wintergreen great stuff use it all the time...If you drink it it keeps you regularWD40 is great stuff too. It even smells good enough to drink......Have you ever heard of WD41???Bill

pro-tech

Now why didn't I think of that??? Thats multi tasking right there folks...Now Thats some funny s#!t right there...You might be a Red-Neck if your intake and Ribs are done at the same time......Bill

Mr Belvedere

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