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DISCLAIMER........
Many.... yes MANY... dirt daubers were either greatly upset or heavily harmed during the making of these pictures.......
The more pieces I took off my engine the more nauseated I got...... EVERY.... hole, crack and crevasse was PACKED with dirt thanks to that wonder of nature.... the dirt dauber. I don't care if the hole was too small for them to get into.... they STILL packed it full of dirt. AND... what gets me is that they must either pick a special mud that dries hard as a rock OR they have a secret ingredient (not yet discovered by man) they mix with normal mud to make a nest or stick in ANY hole they can find.
ANYWAY... enough about that..... here is my poor ole Ford 302 V8 before and after a little clean-up.
STILL.... lots more to do.
At least now it is clean enough to take apart.
That is how I am thinking of running a clear plastic fuel filter. Every time I see one hanging out over the top of the distributor, I think engine fire!!
That is how I am thinking of running a clear plastic fuel filter. Every time I see one hanging out over the top of the distributor, I think engine fire!!
Wow thats a lot of work with the engine in the truck. Looks grand! Sure was crusty. How did you prep surface before painting? So many nooks and cranny's to clean.
That is how I am thinking of running a clear plastic fuel filter. Every time I see one hanging out over the top of the distributor, I think engine fire!!
Yep, I like the idea but the thing I don't like is that the original steel fuel line was bypassed for some reason. The PO ran a rubber line all the way back to the tank.
I haven't been under there yet to see HOW he connected to the tank..... I think when I do see it, I am going to get mad.
Oh well....... onward!
Wow thats a lot of work with the engine in the truck. Looks grand! Sure was crusty. How did you prep surface before painting? So many nooks and cranny's to clean.
Yep, that was a LOT of work. I spent all Sunday afternoon on it. That was about 4 - 5 hours worth
First thing I did was suck all the broken dirt dauber nest parts off the manifold.... That alone made a HUGE difference. Then out came the wire brushes and scrapers. I had my little shop vac close by and every time I loosened up a bunch I would suck it up with the vac.
When I got all clean from that step I got the Purple Power out and hit the greasy areas and washed that off. Then, I hit the whole thing with carb cleaner and when that dried, out came the "Blue Man blue" Ford Blue paint.....
When I got to Advance Auto Parts to buy my paint, they actually had 3 can of paint and all 3 had a different shade cap....SO, I picked the "middle" one.... Oh well,
