degreasing
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Topic: degreasing
Posted By: tractorman
Subject: degreasing
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2012 at 2:06pm
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I don't have a pressure washer so what is the best way to dgrease a greasy , oil soaked dirty engine and tractor. I don't really want to use oven cleaner, and the commercial degreasers seem slow , even with the hose pressure ? ------------- Play on 38 B 49 WF , working on D14, D15 B10, Bee 12 B110. use 185 and 190 |
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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2012 at 2:34pm
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I use to use Gunk SC and mix it with diesel , spray it on let it set and was with hose . A cheap pressure washer sure helps , might put it on the list of things to get. ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2012 at 6:29pm
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I don't know of any fast way, unless you have a hot pressure washer. I stripped my engine down, dropped it in a plastic barrel of water and hooked the battery charger to it. It took most of 2 weeks but I had other things to do while I waited and it came out as clean as my Studebaker block did after it was baked and shot blasted.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: CAdon
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2012 at 9:12pm
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wow, charlie... i gotta try that! next tractor will likely be a complete teardown and i will on that one. where did you ever come up with that idea???
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Posted By: BennyLumpkin
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 8:33am
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Oven Cleaner is the best degreaser ever.....it stinks but get the odor free and its not as bad. I will take loose paint too.
------------- Central PA Allis Express 1934 WC254 1945 WF 1945 WC135755 1951 WD68085 1953 WD45-150217 1957 WD45D-230744D B110 |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 9:59am
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I have had good results in the past soaking greasy whatevers with spray on degreaser and then going to the local coin op carwash. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 10:22am
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I used the oven cleaner and a pressure washer and then repeated it a second time. Took off most of the paint and primer..................along with the grease. LOL ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 10:27am
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I use a putty knife/scraper to remove all of the thick stuff. Cans of brake cleaner work excellent (but you will go through quite a few cans). before painting, I use Castrol Super Clean. NAPA has it and it works well. Just remember to wear rubber gloves! Not good for human skin! ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '61 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: Pa.Pete
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 10:47am
There is a little more to it than Charlie posted (I'm sure he could explain more), it has to be submerged in a solution and you need a sacrificial electrode connected to the battery charger. If you search it on this site or google it you should find an explanation. Pete
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CAdon wrote:Posted By: nella(Pa)
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 11:30am
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 8:50pm
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I use Grez-off from the folks who make Spray 9. (Knights) I use a putty knife also to remove the heavy muck. Spray on the Grez-off and use a cheap one dollar paint brush to wash things down. After whatever I'm cleaning is pretty well degreased, I hit it with the Garden hose. I then use Brakekleen to get the residue off from the degreaser. 80 grit sandpaper (on the cast parts) gets things pretty clean followed by Blakekleen.... Steve@B&B |
Posted By: TexasAllis
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 6:35am
Load it up on the trailer and run it to the car wash. Spray the degreaser on heavy let it soak for a few minutes then hit it with the hot soapy water. Just a word of warning some type of eye cover is recommended. Lots of little spots on tractors that will redirect the spray right back at you. ------------- 1944 Allis C 1960 Allis D-17 LP |
Posted By: morton(pa)
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 1:32pm
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Simple Green. Works wonders. Spray it on or soak something in it, let it sit for a min or 2, then go back and hose it off. Gets things squeaky clean very easily.
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Posted By: Mike(SEIN)
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 2:04pm
| I'm with Morton, good stuff. |
Posted By: gary ny
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 2:16pm
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I use Super clean You can get it walmart for $8. gallon and it works really well .I soak it down scrape the heavy stuff off and the hit it again then wash it .
It make take a few times but it work s. There is no real fast way unless you have a steam jenny but even that sometimes takes awhile
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Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2012 at 12:48am
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Every technique here is a 'good' technique- I've used 'em all... some work a little better in some circumstances than others. If you happen to be in the vicinity of a commercial truck wash, pull your rig in, with the tractor on the trailer, and have 'em blast it to high heaven with those 7' long spray-wands, and have 'em use 'aluminum brightener'... it will take the 'worst' of the crud and grime right off. THEN take it home, spray it down with whatever solvent (or oven cleaner, if you prefer acid) and hit it in subsequent phases. Be forewarned- in all cases EXCEPT a complete teardown and stripping (and dip-tank, stema, or electrolysis), you'll always find SOME spot where there'll be residue... just too many really-good hiding places for gunk. |