restoring engine, need guidence
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restoring engine, need guidence
hey guys,
i am restoring ( taking apart, cleaning, painting and reassemblying ) my engine and i was wondering what the first step is? i allready got all the delicate parts off the that could get bumped when you pull the motor block, IE carb, fan, water pump, etc etc etc, pretty much down to the engine block only
. now that everything is off i want to start cleaning and preping the parts for paint, what would be the first best thing to do? thanks for any help!
i am restoring ( taking apart, cleaning, painting and reassemblying ) my engine and i was wondering what the first step is? i allready got all the delicate parts off the that could get bumped when you pull the motor block, IE carb, fan, water pump, etc etc etc, pretty much down to the engine block only
. now that everything is off i want to start cleaning and preping the parts for paint, what would be the first best thing to do? thanks for any help!
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RE: restoring engine, need guidence
If you want clean it at home then oven cleaner is the best stuff to use. Baked on grime that a screw driver won't even knock off hoses off after a 20 minute soak. It will take the old paint off also. Just keep it away from rubber, plastic parts and wiring. They will melt also. Any of the engine paints will cover the bare metal just fine.
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RE: restoring engine, need guidence
send it to an engine machine shop...at that point, you might just want to rebuild it, either way, if it apart, hot tank it. After the block is tanked, scrub it out with warm soapy water using engine brushes. Hot tanking loosens up the gunk in the passages, the brushes will get the gunk out.
Yukon Cornelius
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RE: restoring engine, need guidence
invest in baggies or some kind of storage container label all the containers so u know what bolts are intake what are water pump etc. also get the book called how to rebuild your small block ford(assuming u have a small block?) the intake is supposed to be loosened in a certain order4 to prevent warping as is the heads the book will cover all of this in detail. do u want the engine to look good for a good long while? if so u might want to consider powdercoating if its in ur budget my machine shop here offers it
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invest in baggies or some kind of storage container label all the containers so u know what bolts are intake what are water pump etc. also get the book called how to rebuild your small block ford(assuming u have a small block?) the intake is supposed to be loosened in a certain order4 to prevent warping as is the heads the book will cover all of this in detail. do u want the engine to look good for a good long while? if so u might want to consider powdercoating if its in ur budget my machine shop here offers it
invest in baggies or some kind of storage container label all the containers so u know what bolts are intake what are water pump etc. also get the book called how to rebuild your small block ford(assuming u have a small block?) the intake is supposed to be loosened in a certain order4 to prevent warping as is the heads the book will cover all of this in detail. do u want the engine to look good for a good long while? if so u might want to consider powdercoating if its in ur budget my machine shop here offers it
i did not go into the bloack, stoped at the intake tho.
Yukon Cornelius
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RE: restoring engine, need guidence
honestly for the money i would buy a 96-97 explorer motor add a healthy cam and get a adapter balancer and flywheel and reuse ur old oil pan and timing cover u can pick them up for about 650$ from the junkyard with low miles they are the same motor as a 93-95 cobra (with gt40 heads) except for the cam(which is roller) and the balance which is 50oz instead of the 28oz u need so for less than 1000 u could get into a roller cobra motor with factory assembled ford reliability
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RE: restoring engine, need guidence
why would i want to do that, i allready have one, just needs some cleaning, there is nothing wrong with it, i am justa mainly taking it apart to clean and paint it. when i got the car it ran.
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RE: restoring engine, need guidence
just get some nice degreser, the more industrial the better. The one I have you can literally see the oil and greese run off.... after that, clean more, and paint. should be simple.
watch out for overspray.
watch out for overspray.