At the start of the video you have mentioned that the block was immersed in a caustic solution to remove dirt and oil. What caustic material are you talking about here?
@musical7777 In the video I tried to show options that would work for folks that were doing their own work and may not have the same equipment available as a pro. shop. Preparing an engine to be reassembled is a messy job, rust, scale, dirt, carbon, grit, oil, all have to be removed. The object is to use products that will clean the surfaces and then make sure ALL foreign material is removed, even the residual cleaning product.
Point well taken, sand or any sort of abrasives in the finished product is not a good idea. In the interest of making the DVD as non repetitive as possible we did not show a final blow out with compressed air. However, if you take the process as a whole and pay attention to the procedure and the intent, I think we can agree that every effort was taken and multiple warnings given about making sure of a clean block.
Very very detailed... Almost too detailed, but that's never a bad thing. Thanks for the video.
frias333 2 weeks ago
At the start of the video you have mentioned that the block was immersed in a caustic solution to remove dirt and oil. What caustic material are you talking about here?
vjethk 1 month ago
haha.. I knew a guy that helped build this engine.
117nathanmyers 2 months ago
Nice video! Thanks for posting
duderr0 2 months ago
:) just subbed
serchmarc 2 months ago
What engine is that?
79jlb 3 months ago
@79jlb It is a John Deere 254 Diesel out of a JD 3010 row crop.
TiredIronVideos 3 months ago
why not use a dry ice blaster,??/ I think that will take care of all issues in one shot
ikambor 5 months ago
Very clear speaking and visual which makes it a pleasure to learn..
i want to use this on my car engine...is sand paper really usable on car engines ?...
musical7777 6 months ago
@musical7777 In the video I tried to show options that would work for folks that were doing their own work and may not have the same equipment available as a pro. shop. Preparing an engine to be reassembled is a messy job, rust, scale, dirt, carbon, grit, oil, all have to be removed. The object is to use products that will clean the surfaces and then make sure ALL foreign material is removed, even the residual cleaning product.
TiredIronVideos 6 months ago
get yourself a pressure washer, the 1400- 1750 psi type. do you really rebuild engines? surface all blocks, it ends a lot of head gasket probems.
mr1nutwonder 6 months ago
Point well taken, sand or any sort of abrasives in the finished product is not a good idea. In the interest of making the DVD as non repetitive as possible we did not show a final blow out with compressed air. However, if you take the process as a whole and pay attention to the procedure and the intent, I think we can agree that every effort was taken and multiple warnings given about making sure of a clean block.
Thanks for the comment.
TiredIronVideos 1 year ago
abrasive disc or cookies, bad idea might as well throw a handful of sand back into your clean block. good video though great detail
ponpatec 1 year ago