Best way to remove TB epoxy?

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Mar 1, 2007 | 03:02 PM

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Best way to remove TB epoxy?

What should I do to get rid of the epoxy on my ported tb? Screw driver? Sand paper? I bought the car with this on it and would rather avoid idle complications than have the epoxy.

Mar 1, 2007 | 03:07 PM

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Heat gun to soften or melt the epoxy 1st. then try the screw driver or what ever..

Mar 1, 2007 | 03:12 PM

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Dremel rotary tool w/ a sandpaper wheel extention. Took a friend a lil under 45 minutes to do it with that.

Mar 1, 2007 | 03:18 PM

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cool...thanks guys!

Mar 1, 2007 | 03:22 PM

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a screw driver and hammer

Mar 1, 2007 | 06:00 PM

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or you could just leave it. Unless you are having problems. What throttle body is it? The shaner ones look bomb proof. It looks like total *** I would rip it out.

Mar 1, 2007 | 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by smg267

or you could just leave it. Unless you are having problems. What throttle body is it? The shaner ones look bomb proof. It looks like total *** I would rip it out.

That's why...the epoxy looks like it's seen better days. Kinda a yellowish-orange and starting to chip off around the edges.