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Author: | Jackman [ Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:16 am ] |
Post subject: | Cleaning the cylinder and head fins |
Well my S3 engine is on the bench and going back together today and I made a neat discovery that I think is worthy of passing on. When cleaning old dull cylinder and head fins its tough finding a wire brush that fits between the fins and in thr nooks and crannies , well after trying everything I could think of a light went on ln my noggin , I tried a .38 cal bore brush and one length of cleaning rod and wow its perfect for the job it can do all the fins and nooks and also a perfect fit for the head bolt holes and also get into the ports . For those that don't have a firearms stuff around a .38 bore brush and a rod cost under 10 dollars. |
Author: | scrambler73 [ Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:18 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Cleaning the cylinder and head fins |
Jackman wrote: Well my S3 engine is on the bench and going back together today and I made a neat discovery that I think is worthy of passing on. When cleaning old dull cylinder and head fins its tough finding a wire brush that fits between the fins and in thr nooks and crannies , well after trying everything I could think of a light went on ln my noggin , I tried a .38 cal bore brush and one length of cleaning rod and wow its perfect for the job it can do all the fins and nooks and also a perfect fit for the head bolt holes and also get into the ports . For those that don't have a firearms stuff around a .38 bore brush and a rod cost under 10 dollars. is it nylon?, brass?, steel? could a guy cut off the end and chuck it up in a cordless drill? I found some nylon bristle brushes a while back similar to baby-bottle cleaning brushes, but smaller diameter. I have no idea what they are for originally? (midget baby bottles maybe?) anyways, I cut the handles off of them, dip them in Mothers Aluminum polish and "clean" between cyl/head fins that way.. The only problem is the bristles dont last long and dislodge themselves after about one cylinder. They were cheap enough, but gets pretty annoying after a while. |
Author: | Jackman [ Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:35 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Cleaning the cylinder and head fins |
The bore brush is brass and did a really nice job on the cylinders the heads however need more work the brush just can't reach all the tight spots especially around the spark plug hole. I'll try your suggestion tomorrow and put a drill on the cleaning rod and brush that should work pretty good. |
Author: | Nigel72iv [ Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:42 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Cleaning the cylinder and head fins |
You can get nylon ones if you want them. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1280 ... RE-BRUSHES |
Author: | Jackman [ Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:12 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Cleaning the cylinder and head fins |
Nylon would be good for the clean shiny fins but on my cylinders I have serious crud and corrosion , there looking alot better more scrubbing today. |
Author: | kawi3cyl [ Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Cleaning the cylinder and head fins |
scrambler73 wrote: could a guy cut off the end and chuck it up in a cordless drill? http://www.harborfreight.com/20-piece-engine-brush-kit-67071.html |
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