what to clean head surface with
03-22-2007, 01:25 PM
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Re: what to clean head surface with
Originally Posted by TorganFM
They make plastic razrblades now so you can use one to clean a head and not scrape it up with a steel blade (steel is tougher than alum but plastic isn't).
03-22-2007, 09:55 PM
#16
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Re: what to clean head surface with
I have a trick that I use with a razor blade. Find some real smooth concrete and put the blade at a 45 degree angle on the pavement and pull towards you while increasing the angle. This will pull the edge up and it won't scratch the surface.
03-22-2007, 10:16 PM
#18
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Join Date: May 2006
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Re: what to clean head surface with
use a brass wire wheel on a cordless or corded drill, or use some sandpaper, anywhere from 300 grit and up, just be careful while sanding, don't stick to one spot too long to creat any low spots, work the sandpaper evenly, same as with the wirewheel, nice swirling motion, the wire wheel really works well on the head, busts that carbon right up
03-23-2007, 08:26 AM
#20
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Re: what to clean head surface with
Originally Posted by TorganFM
No sandpaper no wire wheels nothing like that. Plastic razors and some form of solvent.
Sandpaper& wire wheels of anykind =bad. Come'on guys this is aluminum!!! Headgasket surface needs to be as smooth and as flat as possible, this becomes even more important with a MHG because it cant "compensate" for imperfections on the head and block surfaces.
