Biohazard
I had planned, last weekend, to pull and clean the motor this weekend. So, bright and early Saturday AM I got out and removed the few things that were left connecting the motor to the rest of the fish. Of course, as soon as I roll the hoist into place, it starts raining.
I roll the hoist back into the garage, throw some plastic over the engine, and check the radar app on my phone. Looks like it's gonna pass soon and it does. I put the hoist back in place, start pulling the nuts off the mounts, get the engine up off the K....hmm, still something holding the motor to the tranny. I get under the car to inspect and...here comes the rain again.
This goes on several times throughout the day. Problem is, it ain't my lift so I'm trying to keep it from rusting from the rain. But, even though it took me all day (some of the rainshowers lasted over an hour) I finally got this...
So I have one filthy 318 here. The heaviest caked-on gunk is at the back of the block behind the distributor....and it is THICK!!
It's also pretty nasty up in the armpits under the exhaust manifolds. My daily's chillin' in the background.
All of the accessories were also caked up with shizzle to include the pulleys. Honestly, the crud was so thick, so fully distributed, and so stubborn that I truly believe this HAS to be the original mill and has NEVER been pulled before.
Now, keep in mind that the car still gives off a little stinkiness from the front which leads me to assume that the stuff under the hood is still contaminated so, before I can shelter the motor in the garage, its got to be clean. Unfortunately, due to the weather, I was unable to start any form of cleaning so I wrapped the motor up in plastic and dragged it inside for the night.
This morning (Sunday) I got a bottle of environmentally friendly degreaser, some cheap scrub brushes, and rolled out the pressure washer for phase one of the engine cleaning. Eight hours later....
Cleaning the accessories was a serious bytch...it took more time than scrubbing the block...but I sprayed, scrubbed, and rinsed every centimeter of surface area. Tonight, it is dangling in the garage without the plastic cocoon and with a dehumidifier running. My hands and feet are woefully pruned up and I expect to be sleeping like a kitten tonight.
I had planned, last weekend, to pull and clean the motor this weekend. So, bright and early Saturday AM I got out and removed the few things that were left connecting the motor to the rest of the fish. Of course, as soon as I roll the hoist into place, it starts raining.
I roll the hoist back into the garage, throw some plastic over the engine, and check the radar app on my phone. Looks like it's gonna pass soon and it does. I put the hoist back in place, start pulling the nuts off the mounts, get the engine up off the K....hmm, still something holding the motor to the tranny. I get under the car to inspect and...here comes the rain again.
This goes on several times throughout the day. Problem is, it ain't my lift so I'm trying to keep it from rusting from the rain. But, even though it took me all day (some of the rainshowers lasted over an hour) I finally got this...
So I have one filthy 318 here. The heaviest caked-on gunk is at the back of the block behind the distributor....and it is THICK!!
It's also pretty nasty up in the armpits under the exhaust manifolds. My daily's chillin' in the background.
All of the accessories were also caked up with shizzle to include the pulleys. Honestly, the crud was so thick, so fully distributed, and so stubborn that I truly believe this HAS to be the original mill and has NEVER been pulled before.
Now, keep in mind that the car still gives off a little stinkiness from the front which leads me to assume that the stuff under the hood is still contaminated so, before I can shelter the motor in the garage, its got to be clean. Unfortunately, due to the weather, I was unable to start any form of cleaning so I wrapped the motor up in plastic and dragged it inside for the night.
This morning (Sunday) I got a bottle of environmentally friendly degreaser, some cheap scrub brushes, and rolled out the pressure washer for phase one of the engine cleaning. Eight hours later....
Cleaning the accessories was a serious bytch...it took more time than scrubbing the block...but I sprayed, scrubbed, and rinsed every centimeter of surface area. Tonight, it is dangling in the garage without the plastic cocoon and with a dehumidifier running. My hands and feet are woefully pruned up and I expect to be sleeping like a kitten tonight.
