cleaning up the slant six head
Here is where I am at with the head, instead of sending it out to be cleaned I figured I would try and save a few bucks and do it myself. I am in no rush so time is not an issue.
Didnt think I had the right sized container and I am cheap so I decided to make my own container with a shovel and some bricks and a black plastic trash bag.
Head is off a spare 84 engine I have. Assuming its good and never been worked on but at this point just guessing.
Trying to re-search best way of cleaning the thing and Vinegar seemed about my cheapest/best option.
Guy I work with does alot of import racing and says he soaks them in Dawn dishwashing detergent first and that cuts through all the grease and **** but doing a search on Vinegar and it supposedly according to some will do the same thing, others say its usless against grease so time will tell.
I didnt like this first method cause I was afraid that at some point a pin-hole might happen in the plastic and by this time I already had 8 gallons of Vinegar.
8 @ 2.38 gallon and I was starting to get cautious. Just so happened that my wife produced a plastic bin of an even closer size to the head than my hole and so I decided to line that with the black plastic ( for heat transfer ) and go with that.
On my way to get 3 more gallons of Vinegar and noticed someone threw out an entertainment center with the glass facia. I thought this would give my project the high tech look and also help with addition heat transfer so I stopped to rip the door off and throw it in my car.
Ill let it sit and go out and check it when I get home from work, if its squeeky clean by next weekend than I will disassemble the head and soak it for another week.
Here is where I am at with the head, instead of sending it out to be cleaned I figured I would try and save a few bucks and do it myself. I am in no rush so time is not an issue.
Didnt think I had the right sized container and I am cheap so I decided to make my own container with a shovel and some bricks and a black plastic trash bag.
Head is off a spare 84 engine I have. Assuming its good and never been worked on but at this point just guessing.
Trying to re-search best way of cleaning the thing and Vinegar seemed about my cheapest/best option.
Guy I work with does alot of import racing and says he soaks them in Dawn dishwashing detergent first and that cuts through all the grease and **** but doing a search on Vinegar and it supposedly according to some will do the same thing, others say its usless against grease so time will tell.
I didnt like this first method cause I was afraid that at some point a pin-hole might happen in the plastic and by this time I already had 8 gallons of Vinegar.
8 @ 2.38 gallon and I was starting to get cautious. Just so happened that my wife produced a plastic bin of an even closer size to the head than my hole and so I decided to line that with the black plastic ( for heat transfer ) and go with that.
On my way to get 3 more gallons of Vinegar and noticed someone threw out an entertainment center with the glass facia. I thought this would give my project the high tech look and also help with addition heat transfer so I stopped to rip the door off and throw it in my car.
Ill let it sit and go out and check it when I get home from work, if its squeeky clean by next weekend than I will disassemble the head and soak it for another week.
