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#55809 01/31/2006 5:11 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I was just reading about a restoration, in Classic Car. The engine rebuilder in the article does not tank blocks any more. Instead, he hangs them in an oven at 600 deg and then when they are cool, removes the ash and shot peens them. Has anyone heard of this before? | | |
#55810 01/31/2006 5:25 AM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | truckernix,
My wife does that every night at dinner time!
Stu-the-ash-eater | | |
#55811 01/31/2006 12:39 PM | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 | Fred,I just wired a Sunnen engine cleaning system at the local auto machine shop.
The cast iron,block heads,whatever, is heated to around 800 degrees F,all the grease and water jacket deposits and rust is vaporized.Then an after burner incinerates the debris to 2600 degrees,only a hand full of dust left.Then the block is put in another machine if necessary,stainless shot is fired at the block,low velocity,not like a sandblaster,to clean any remaining crud.The iron parts look like the day they were cast.
These two machines cost about the same as a new 4x4 truck,but the shop doesn't have the hassles of all the nasty chemicals and disposal of those chemicals. | | |
#55812 01/31/2006 3:37 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Tony,
this must be the way of the future. The article I was reading involved one of those horrible AMC aluminum blocks so I guess the temperature was a little lower.
Fred | | |
#55813 02/01/2006 5:04 PM | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 19 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 19 | Sounds better than using the old dishwasher. | | |
#55814 02/03/2006 7:47 PM | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 47 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 47 | first time i heard of cleaning a motor like that....
1966 Chevrolet C-10
1971 Chevrolet Camaro RS
1989 Pontiac Bonneville
MY GARAGE...www.dragcitygarage.com
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#55815 02/03/2006 9:19 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 | I still like using the mother-in-law's tooth brush, I just got remember to get back to the bathroom when I am done :-)
1954 GMC 1/2-ton Longbed
1971 Pontiac LeMans Sport
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#55816 02/03/2006 9:30 PM | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 581 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 581 | Pretty good Cujo. That's right up there with using her chapstick to sooth the cat's butt. | | |
#55817 02/04/2006 1:44 AM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 355 | I'm currently installing shot blasting machines to clean up the parts. Sand blasting is ok, but its slow. I can out a block or head in this machine and 10 min later I get one back that just need to blown off or machined and painted. The reason some are baking the blocks is because of the waste. Ash can put straight into most landfills, sludge from a tank cleaner cant. It has to go hazardous very expendive to get rid of. One of my machines is a horizontal and the other is a vertical blaster. When i get everything running and up to speed, I will offer this service to others in our area. Imagine, brake drums,heads, tranny cases, blocks,manifolds, and a host of other parts, just as clean as the day there were casted. | | |
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