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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Allflatblack on January 12, 2015, 02:35:00 PM
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The G5 that I am restoring had a previous owner who overfilled the transmission by a quart at least. Every seal was weeping as well as lots of oil out the pushrod tube. Clutch soaked, total mess. I ordered the 4mm clutch kit from stein dinse for A very good price. Normally I would just wash the flywheel and pressure plate with gas a few times and feel fine. I do have a kiln at work that I could then bake it for a while to try to burn all of the residual oil out. Overkill? 400 degrees for two hours?
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I'm not a fan of washing parts in gasoline, leaves a nasty residue not to mention a bit of a fire hazard. I like acetone or brake parts cleaner. Baking it, i think is a bit much. If it were a porous material it might be a good idea but, steel doesn't usually absorb oil.
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Clean every tooth w/screwdriver, I use mineral spirits
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Mineral spirits worked well on the ex Rocker Lemans V the the "dealer's" "mechanic" grossly overfilled. It's flammable, too.. but nothing like gasoline. I wouldn't...
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Cheap vodka. Sorta non-toxic.
Rich A
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Cheap vodka. Sorta non-toxic.
Rich A
Too expensive. (Guzzi content)
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Cheap vodka is great for windows. And freshens your breath. Purple degreaser and hot water (to rinse off the gasoline) looks like new.
Thanks guys.
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Brake cleaner then straight Simple Green and a brush if needed.
Dad and I used gasoline to clean parts when I was a kid. We got lucky. Ever see a gasoline vapor fireball?
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Cheap vodka is great for windows. And freshens your breath.
You're supposed to run a bottle of that stuff through your new still for the first run to clean it out.
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I take three bottles of cheep vodka and run it through a distiller to make one bottle of very pure alcohol. I use it as a solvent and fuel -- it will chemically burn you to drink it.
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:+1 Mineral spirits.
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Hi, Tom.
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Glad to know somebody can run a device around here...fruit wash through a pot still is my favorite, but it's not as cold here as where you live.
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I take three bottles of cheep vodka and run it through a distiller to make one bottle of very pure alcohol. I use it as a solvent and fuel -- it will chemically burn you to drink it.
Why not just buy a gallon of denatured alcohol for $15.00? Much cheaper than 3 bottles of cheap vodka and more end product.
Or 18lbs of cane sugar, 1 packet of turbo yeast and 5 gallons of water. 7 days later you have about a 20% wine ready for cleaning up.
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You may want to check your proposed solvents for TCE (trichloroethylene). Highly carcinogenic...
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Hi, Tom.
Aloha Dave! I'm still around. Work is limiting my time. Looking at working for myself again.