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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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how and what do you guys use to clean some dirty heads, these are dirty as hell
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simple green and lots of elbow grease
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Simple green is a decent start with plenty of elbow grease (who wants to do that?) or find a machine shop that has the acid bath they can throw them into like they do for blocks and such to get them clean.
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I had mine put in a bath and the shop only charged 50 bucks. Well worth price of saving that elbow grease.
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$50 isn't bad if i can find a shop near me that charges that i'll do it, if not then simple green it is, what kind of pad or bush can i use on these.. is the green pad you would use in the kitchen ok?
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If you're talking about a green scrubber/sponge then it should be fine and not so abrasive that it'll mess anything up
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sounds good thank you
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Originally Posted by Matt@Texas-Speed
Simple green is a decent start with plenty of elbow grease (who wants to do that?) or find a machine shop that has the acid bath they can throw them into like they do for blocks and such to get them clean.
Do they need to be bare, or can the springs, retainers, etc still be on there?
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leave them assembled.after they look clean start cleaning the runners with alot of solvent.do a valve seat leak down test .if the valve fails ,lap them .
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mineral spirits, a bristle brush, and a pan
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IMHO, it'd be foolish not to lap the valves while you're at it.
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