Parts cleaner
Parts cleaner Since my tear down I have a lot of grimy greasy prts that i need to clean up before i reinstalle them what do you guys use or what is the best way to do this. pretty much everything on the front drive assembly needs cleaned because of a seal leak so my WP, timing cover, pulleys, TB, and various other things need cleaned.
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A friend of mine who's dad owned a shop, used to give me a solvent called Varsol. As far as I know it is made for cleaning parts. I don't know if it's flammable, but it is certainly not as volatile as gasoline. My friend would actually add hydraulic fluid to it so that his hands wouldn't dry out as bad after using it.
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Berrymans makes a 1 gallon paint can sized chemical cleaner. Autozone should carry it. You open it up and theres a wire pull out the wire and theres a little strainer. You put parts on strainer, soak them 15 minutes to an hour take em out rinse them off then use a wire brush and they're clean. If you wanna go further than that get an aircompressor, air grinder and put a wire brush in the grinder.
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Originally Posted by Razor_Blade
A friend of mine who's dad owned a shop, used to give me a solvent called Varsol. As far as I know it is made for cleaning parts. I don't know if it's flammable, but it is certainly not as volatile as gasoline. My friend would actually add hydraulic fluid to it so that his hands wouldn't dry out as bad after using it.
If you want to mix up your own cleaner the best is diesel, couple gallons of diesel and a quart or two of ATF it cleans better than any store brand
if you can afford it, get a full size parts washer. they are about 1 1/2 feet by 2 1/2 feet and are on legs. mine is made by speedway and even has an electric pump and steel hose that shoots the cleaner. the cleaner is some type of stuff, i think it is just called "parts washer fluid", ive been using the same stuff for about 4 or 5 years so i cant really remember what i bought, but i bought what they said to use. it does a great job and you can soak large parts in it for days. it is basically a must when you are restoring every single part on a car that is 45 years old. a sandblaster is helpful for rust and paint. for smaller things like carbeurators, i just use a can of brake parts cleaner and spray on it over a trash can or floor. if your in a bind, gasoline always works
