Re: Building it correctly - getting the crud out

Posted by Jack Vines On 2010/9/1 23:44:13

Hi, Craig,

The engine builders supply companies have steel bristle brushes in various diameters on long twisted steel shafts. As mentioned in #6, we put the brush shaft in an air drill and run them through using solvent until it is clean.

Cleaning the rocker shafts is the hardest part of the whole procedure. Sometimes, the soft plugs won't pull out and we have to drill them out on a lathe. You wouldn't believe the goop which is inside most rocker shafts.

Today, I was cleaning an oil filter drain line and it was so full of crud, I don't believe it was allowing the filter to pass any oil.

jack vines