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Title: Received heads
Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 March 2009, 19:22:05
Received my heads to do off Markey Mark.

No hope of using my valve spring compressor - it is too big.

They need cleaning, and I will regrind all the valves and also port mod.

What is good for cleaning them and the parts?
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: nick v6 on 19 March 2009, 19:23:16
petrol :y
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 19 March 2009, 19:28:54
TB's Dish Washer  ;D
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: nick v6 on 19 March 2009, 19:30:48
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TB's Dish Washer  ;D

ann's out and our dish washer is empty :-X
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 March 2009, 19:32:16
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TB's Dish Washer  ;D

ann's out and our dish washer is empty :-X


My office manager lives in Walsall - wish I knew it was available.

If I ask our dishwasher she will hit me
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 19 March 2009, 19:33:04
must stay in petrol for sometime..and some very fine grid sandpaper may help..
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: nick v6 on 19 March 2009, 19:33:11
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TB's Dish Washer  ;D

ann's out and our dish washer is empty :-X


My office manager lives in Walsall - wish I knew it was available.

If I ask our dishwasher she will hit me

better idea
put the head on the kitchen side with her mobile next to it
then ring her and ask her to wash it
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 March 2009, 19:36:53
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TB's Dish Washer  ;D

ann's out and our dish washer is empty :-X

My office manager lives in Walsall - wish I knew it was available.

If I ask our dishwasher she will hit me

better idea
put the head on the kitchen side with her mobile next to it
then ring her and ask her to wash it


Actually since I fitted a new sink at CHristmas I'll give them to Graham to drop off ;D ;D
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Jimbob on 19 March 2009, 20:23:26
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TB's Dish Washer  ;D

ann's out and our dish washer is empty :-X


My office manager lives in Walsall - wish I knew it was available.

If I ask our dishwasher she will hit me

forgiveness is easier than permission  :y
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 March 2009, 20:26:18
This weekend garage tidy

I will wipe the heads down, will get a couple of litres of petrol

Now where did I put my B&D Wizard?
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 19 March 2009, 21:11:53
Paint stripper......

By far the best thing for cleaning cylinder heads!
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 March 2009, 21:15:30
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Paint stripper......

By far the best thing for cleaning cylinder heads!


Got some Nitromors still :y
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: sassanach on 19 March 2009, 22:07:32
trike!! :y
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 19 March 2009, 22:08:28
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trike!! :y

If only it was so easy to get.......Arclone....mmmmm
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Entwood on 19 March 2009, 22:11:28
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trike!! :y


Wonderful stuff  :)  Used to have good access to it, thanks to Aunty Betty ... then a guy died using a bath of the stuff and it all got stopped ... :(

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/eis34.pdf
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: sassanach on 19 March 2009, 22:16:10
approx £5 a gallon, takes the oil straight out of your skin.has a list of downsides a mile long but happens to be the ultimate  degreaser bar none.
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Kevin Wood on 19 March 2009, 22:16:55
I did a week of work experience at Ealing studios when I was at school, and about 15 IIRC. At some point I had to paint a door (long story) but the only thing I could find with which to clean the paintbrush was trike, and the only place I could find to clean it was the PCB darkroom, which was a bit confined.

Needless to say it made me wonder why I spent my Saturday evenings pi$$ing around with 2 litre bottles of cheap cider.

 ;D

Kevin
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 19 March 2009, 22:18:41
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approx £5 a gallon, takes the oil straight out of your skin.has a list of downsides a mile long but happens to be the ultimate  degreaser bar none.


Where can I obtain such stuff these days then!
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: sassanach on 19 March 2009, 22:24:40
well you could take a trek to trowbridge and pick some up.i buy it 45 gallons at a time as i happen to have a trike/trich? tank.however there are still a lot of places still using it in the sheet metal industry(whats left of it anyway)so im sure you could find some closer to home.
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: MartinP on 19 March 2009, 22:36:46
There are still trike substitutes available, we use it for degreasing aerospace components
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: sassanach on 19 March 2009, 22:39:23
they keep trying to foist that stuff on us,costs twice as much to buy and uses twice the heat to boil it and still isnt as good.
Title: Re: Received heads
Post by: MartinP on 19 March 2009, 22:48:49
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they keep trying to foist that stuff on us,costs twice as much to buy and uses twice the heat to boil it and still isnt as good.

 ;D

I used to use proper trike, boiling it in a galv bucket and dipping parts in.

The substitute stuff is used in a customers supplied process. the management were jumping up and down when someone said "CARSENOGENIC"