Vol242vo
Keep it clean...
- Joined
- Feb 24, 2005
- Location
- Spokane, WA
Lookin’ good!
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Intake manifold looks great; what did you use to get it looking like that?
First, I cleaned it with a citrus cleaner, can't remember which one. I soaked it in our laundry sink over night and then rinsed it really well.
Then I ran it thru the dishwasher (this took some coaxing.... ).
It still wasn't clean enough for me, so I sprayed it with Easy Off oven cleaner. I let it sit for awhile, then sprayed the runners & inlet again. I stuck a kitchen brush into it & scrubbed those. They still have some carbon, but I got them clean enough.
After about an hour or so, I sprayed it off with a Chinazon high-pressure hose attachment.
Then I put it away for a couple of weeks.....
I took off work yesterday & today, so I got it out, plugged all of the inlet holes & sandblasted it with glass bead.
I blew it off with compressed air, made sure to get any that may have gotten past the plugs into the runners. Then cleaned it with Eastwood PRE and gave it a couple of coats of VHT High Heat Satin Clear paint.
The rest of the nipples, throttle plate, yada yada yada, were soaked in lacquer thinner then bead blasted. I used a brass wheel on my drill to shine them, cleaned them with denatured alcohol, then painted them with VHT High Heat Gloss Clear paint.
I used some Teflon tape on the nipples.
Thanks for the complement!!!
Steve
One thing I wasn't planning on replacing, because it works, is/was the fuel pump. When I removed the shield, it looks like it is leaking. I'll have to give it a good inspection when I take it off.
Might have to look for one at some point, don't need it right away.
Steve