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84SVOrick
Member # 9039
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Just picked up a set of gt40s from a 94 cobra, has some carbon build up on valves and intake and exhaust ports, how do i get it off without takin them apart, but i will if i have to.
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jaejae
Member # 7958
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get the heads cleaned,valve job done and new springs..take it to ron at fm machine he did mine
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84SVOrick
Member # 9039
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quote: Originally posted by jaejae: get the heads cleaned,valve job done and new springs..take it to ron at fm machine he did mine
How much should i be expecting to pay
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gercolla1
Member # 3068
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to clean the valves carbon up just use a drill with a wire wheel or a bench version i forget the name of it but if u get a shop to rebuild them leave that task up to them. [ September 06, 2010, 12:45 AM: Message edited by: gercolla1 ]
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gercolla1
Member # 3068
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if u want a close by shop i recomend recinos behind burger king off bayshore
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Adam5.0
Member # 6995
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quote: Originally posted by gercolla1: if u want a close by shop i recomend recinos behind burger king off bayshore
+1 top notch work there
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onesicklx
Member # 285
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acetone i think works well also
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turbo50
Member # 6700
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dollar store oven cleaner
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84SVOrick
Member # 9039
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quote: Originally posted by turbo50: dollar store oven cleaner
Lol thats my favorite store, you gott b kidding me rite? Do i need anything to scrub them with? Or just spray and rinse
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turbo50
Member # 6700
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quote: Originally posted by 84SVOrick: quote: Originally posted by turbo50: dollar store oven cleaner
Lol thats my favorite store, you gott b kidding me rite? Do i need anything to scrub them with? Or just spray and rinse
Treat it like a barbecue grill
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84SVOrick
Member # 9039
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Steel wired brush to scrub or sos pad?
By the way turbo50 im gonna bring you the block soon. Just wanna make sure i get all my parts b4 you rebuild it for me. Just Thought id let you know.
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Blind
Member # 3052
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+1 on oven cleaner, everything looks brand new when done. I also use a green scotch bright pad and wd40 for lube of the pad.
I would suggest against a wire wheel on a drill, the small scratches that causes can create hot spots.
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84SVOrick
Member # 9039
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LOOKS BAD ASS CANT WAIT TO GET STARTED
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lsxoo7
Member # 8587
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yeah dollar store oven cleaner is the shhhhit . takes everything off ..
by the way wear glasses and gloves . shit hurts if it gets on your skin .
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Duncan Motors
Member # 7045
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i wouldnt suggest cleanin these parts with them installed. your knockin off tough carbon that is now fallin in your motor, that it would normally never be. bein stuck around your rings, fallin in oil gallerys just for starters, i think i can actually see the dirt or carbon stuck around the pistons in the pictures above. if your really bent on cleaning them for ? to look new, for false thinkin now its rebuilt cause its clean? at least do it upside down so the crap falls on the floor. this is how scratch,s in the cylinders happen, the grooves in the oil bearings that wipe everything out happen. this just how i do it, and dont mean to be negative at all. but if your gonna go thru the trouble of doin all that,,,,, do a quick rebuild and do it from scratch, your already half way there.and you can clean all the parts a lot better.use your energy a lil more productive.
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84SVOrick
Member # 9039
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Well the block is still together just wanting to clean the heads up, turbo50 is doin the rebuild of the block. I guess i gotta use my boys spring compressure and tear them down to clean them up.
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Blind
Member # 3052
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quote: Originally posted by Duncan Motors: i wouldnt suggest cleanin these parts with them installed. your knockin off tough carbon that is now fallin in your motor, that it would normally never be. bein stuck around your rings, fallin in oil gallerys just for starters, i think i can actually see the dirt or carbon stuck around the pistons in the pictures above. if your really bent on cleaning them for ? to look new, for false thinkin now its rebuilt cause its clean? at least do it upside down so the crap falls on the floor. this is how scratch,s in the cylinders happen, the grooves in the oil bearings that wipe everything out happen. this just how i do it, and dont mean to be negative at all. but if your gonna go thru the trouble of doin all that,,,,, do a quick rebuild and do it from scratch, your already half way there.and you can clean all the parts a lot better.use your energy a lil more productive.
if you're talking about my pictures, each cylinder was filled with rags and I worked on one at a time with that one at the top of it's rotation, nothing was ever used on the cylinder walls other than wd40 and a rag.
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84SVOrick
Member # 9039
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quote: Originally posted by Blind: quote: Originally posted by Duncan Motors: i wouldnt suggest cleanin these parts with them installed. your knockin off tough carbon that is now fallin in your motor, that it would normally never be. bein stuck around your rings, fallin in oil gallerys just for starters, i think i can actually see the dirt or carbon stuck around the pistons in the pictures above. if your really bent on cleaning them for ? to look new, for false thinkin now its rebuilt cause its clean? at least do it upside down so the crap falls on the floor. this is how scratch,s in the cylinders happen, the grooves in the oil bearings that wipe everything out happen. this just how i do it, and dont mean to be negative at all. but if your gonna go thru the trouble of doin all that,,,,, do a quick rebuild and do it from scratch, your already half way there.and you can clean all the parts a lot better.use your energy a lil more productive.
if you're talking about my pictures, each cylinder was filled with rags and I worked on one at a time with that one at the top of it's rotation, nothing was ever used on the cylinder walls other than wd40 and a rag.
Well im only doin the heads not the short block. So lets stay on topic lol. Nah but will the wool scratch anything important on the heads valves etc...?
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turbo50
Member # 6700
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i also use green steel wool to clean them up and a copper colored wire brush. Not the really harsh ones.
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