Cleaning inside engine parts

Dan

The transfer case from my 1960 Chevy had a thin red paint like coating on the inside that wouldn't come off with anything I tried. I didn't try hard as it looked permenent and was not affected by oil - that was what was important after all.

N - joy.

Mountainman...CA

Just my .02,

Dan

I once worked for a few years in the stall next to an older mechanic who was the dirtiest house keeper I ever saw. He would drop a rod bearing etc into the dirt pile at his feet and pick it up and brush it off on his shirt and install it into the engine etc.

He had one of the best reputation of no comebacks in the whole shop. Up until then I had wasted many hours cleaning and polishing and after watching him for a few years and his good record on turning out a good job I stopped some of the more radical practices of cleaning. If you put it together right and ignore the small stuff it does just as good as if you had cleaned it so you can eat off it.

Don't get me wrong now! I still like to have a clean job but you can carry it too far.

Another man who worked in the same shop would take 7 to 10 days to pull and build and reinstall a six cylinder engine in a dump truck. His did good too but we other men could do the same work in three days and our engine did just as good as his.

Mike