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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / December 2004V8 Engine Cleaning and parts
Construction of my coffee table (Scrap V8) has been underway for a week. The bloke I got it from wanted rid of it, and it used oil and water like they were going out of fashion. I'm already fed up off trying to clean the engine to something half decent looking that will not ruin the lounge carpet. Once I had stripped the engine I jetwashed it and steamed it. This seemed to get rid of most of the gunge. I have now spent all week trying Paraffin, Fairy Liquid, Jif (or whatever it is called nowadays), Brillo pads and also Mr Muscle oven cleaner, but I still cant get rid of the ground in stuff. has anyone got any idea what will bring it up nice and clean and looking like new? Does anyone want any of this before I put it on ebay? Pair v8 cast iron manifolds Pair rocker covers Pair 9.35:1 EFi heads, in need of TLC. They are sludged and gungy and the head gaskets had gone. EFi manifold and injection unit.  SignatureSimon Isaacs Peterborough 4x4 Club Vice Chairman, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster (how much more....) Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer 3.5V8 100" Hybrid, now LPG converted Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer! Suzuki SJ410 (Fianc?e's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next 1993 200 TDi Discovery (the Pug 106 is dead, long live the Pug) Peterborough 4x4 Club http://www.peterborough4x4.co.uk GLASS http://www.glass-uk.org Wayfinder Project http://www.way-finder.co.uk > Construction of my coffee table (Scrap V8) has been underway for a week. > The bloke I got it from wanted rid of it, and it used oil and water like [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > head gaskets had gone. > EFi manifold and injection unit. Grit blast it!!!! Peter. >Construction of my coffee table (Scrap V8) has been underway for a week. >The bloke I got it from wanted rid of it, and it used oil and water like [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >head gaskets had gone. >EFi manifold and injection unit. Have you thought of having it dipped in a cleaning tank? Years ago at REME the guys all brought their wives ovenware in on a regular basis to get the really bad stuff off (including the non-stick surface). SignatureTim Hobbs '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig" '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt" '03 Volvo V70 My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com >Pair v8 cast iron manifolds Oi, Lee_D!. Dont you want some manifolds? >>Pair v8 cast iron manifolds > > Oi, Lee_D!. Dont you want some manifolds? Yep indeedeey I do.. they Rangie ones Simon.. ? If so how much spondoolees inc postage is one looking for? Are the EFi ones any different? like will they give me problems finding down pipes that fit or are they the same as the early ones? Lee D Will compare them to my carbed V8 to see what the difference is. Will let you know tomorrow. SignatureSimon Isaacs Peterborough 4x4 Club Vice Chairman, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster (how much more....) Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer 3.5V8 100" Hybrid, now LPG converted Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer! Suzuki SJ410 (Fianc?e's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next 1993 200 TDi Discovery (the Pug 106 is dead, long live the Pug) Peterborough 4x4 Club http://www.peterborough4x4.co.uk GLASS http://www.glass-uk.org Wayfinder Project http://www.way-finder.co.uk >>>Pair v8 cast iron manifolds >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Lee D find someone with a solvent tank like "Trike" Try Cloro Ethane ????? Works a treat they use it to de-grease before powder coating.. Or a large ultra sonic parts cleaner Rich > Construction of my coffee table (Scrap V8) has been underway for a week. > The bloke I got it from wanted rid of it, and it used oil and water like [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > GLASS http://www.glass-uk.org > Wayfinder Project http://www.way-finder.co.uk Probably sand blasting, its not like it matters if something gets slight surface pitting. Thinking laterally, it might be worth asking a car alloy wheel refurbishamnet company how they clean up the old alloys, or in fact if they would clean the engine block for you. Muddy > Once I had stripped the engine I jetwashed it and steamed it. This seemed > to get rid of most of the gunge. I have now spent all week trying > Paraffin, Fairy Liquid, Jif (or whatever it is called nowadays), Brillo > pads and also Mr Muscle oven cleaner, but I still cant get rid of the > ground in stuff. has anyone got any idea what will bring it up nice and > clean and looking like new? > Probably sand blasting, its not like it matters if something gets slight > surface pitting. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Muddy PMS. Plastic Media Stripping. Plastic media in a high pressure water jet, that's how I used to clean blocks when I had access to the kit, brought them up like brand new, so it did. There's also a couple of chemicals that do a good job, there's one of the Chromates that you mix with water, brush on, count to 20 then rinse. Comes in a powder/crystal format, used in the aerospace industry but I'm damned if I can remember its name, although it is very similar stuff to Alocrom I think. Then there's good old caustic soda. If you have a pressure washer, get a blasting attachment for it and some pms grit. Badger. we had to do some welding on a v8 block once and we cleaned it with carbon remover. It got it up like new (also disolves skin!). Richard >> Probably sand blasting, its not like it matters if something gets slight >> surface pitting. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > some pms grit. > Badger. Lo Simon I used a wire brush attached to a drill to clean my V8 coffee table, (now finished, awaiting some glass) Finished off with a polishing mop and compound also attached to a drill. > I'm already fed up off trying to clean the engine to something half decent > looking that will not ruin the lounge carpet. > Does anyone want any of this before I put it on ebay? > Pair rocker covers Are they alloy ones ? with ROVER stamped on ? > Lo Simon > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Are they alloy ones ? with ROVER stamped on ? Yes they are. SignatureSimon Isaacs Peterborough 4x4 Club Vice Chairman, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster (how much more....) Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer 3.5V8 100" Hybrid, now LPG converted Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer! Suzuki SJ410 (Fianc?e's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next 1993 200 TDi Discovery (the Pug 106 is dead, long live the Pug) Peterborough 4x4 Club http://www.peterborough4x4.co.uk GLASS http://www.glass-uk.org Wayfinder Project http://www.way-finder.co.uk Great stuff :) what do you want for them including P+P to Huddersfield ? golcarbob at btinternet dot com >> Are they alloy ones ? with ROVER stamped on ? > > Yes they are. > Once I had stripped the engine I jetwashed it and steamed it. This > seemed to get rid of most of the gunge. I have now spent all week > trying Paraffin, Fairy Liquid, Jif (or whatever it is called > nowadays), Brillo pads and also Mr Muscle oven cleaner, but I still > cant get rid of the ground in stuff. has anyone got any idea what > will bring it up nice and clean and looking like new? Find your local engine reconditioners and ask them if they can nut blast it for you. It's like sand blasting but uses crushed walnut shells. > Does anyone want any of this before I put it on ebay? > > EFi manifold and injection unit. Manifold doesn't happen to include the idle control valve does it? How much do you want? I could pick up as I'm only about 15 miles from Peterborough (Raunds). Cheers SignatureSimon. Seems to be fairly complete from what I can see. Mail me at peterboroughfourxfour at btopenworld dor com and change the words to number and the usual with the rest. SignatureSimon Isaacs Peterborough 4x4 Club Vice Chairman, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster (how much more....) Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer 3.5V8 100" Hybrid, now LPG converted Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer! Suzuki SJ410 (Fianc?e's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next 1993 200 TDi Discovery (the Pug 106 is dead, long live the Pug) Peterborough 4x4 Club http://www.peterborough4x4.co.uk GLASS http://www.glass-uk.org Wayfinder Project http://www.way-finder.co.uk >> Once I had stripped the engine I jetwashed it and steamed it. This >> seemed to get rid of most of the gunge. I have now spent all week [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Cheers |
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