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Posted by: mepstein Feb 23 2014, 11:27 AM
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Posted by: 76-914 Feb 23 2014, 11:51 AM
Fantastic. Did you remove before the drying cycle? Works well on baseball caps also.
Posted by: mepstein Feb 23 2014, 11:59 AM
Fantastic. Did you remove before the drying cycle?
yes
Posted by: rhodyguy Feb 23 2014, 12:14 PM
The inside recesses come cleaner when the faces point up. I got busted doing the same thing. For plastics the water pre-heat is best left off. Works great for fog lights but you need to remove reflectors first.
Posted by: Tom Feb 23 2014, 06:23 PM
LOL!! This cracks me up. If you keep doing this, she will figure it out. They always do! Sooner or later. Then you will be in big trouble, lol. Just tell her and it will be so much better in the final result, and she may have some ideas to clean them better. If you come "clean" with her, she will love you for it, I promise!
Tom
Posted by: rick 918-S Feb 23 2014, 06:46 PM
Oh hell! That's nothing. I put Sandy's Enkei 92's in ours. 
Posted by: PanelBilly Feb 23 2014, 06:54 PM
I was thinking about putting the fan from my 3.0 in the dish washer, but Julie got home too soon.
Posted by: mepstein Feb 23 2014, 07:18 PM
LOL!! This cracks me up. If you keep doing this, she will figure it out. They always do! Sooner or later. Then you will be in big trouble, lol. Just tell her and it will be so much better in the final result, and she may have some ideas to clean them better. If you come "clean" with her, she will love you for it, I promise!
Tom
Lol. She figured me out a long time ago. And yes, after I glass bead blasted the intake and fan on my 3.2 they went to the kitchen parts cleaner.
Posted by: r_towle Feb 23 2014, 07:25 PM
Heck, I have bought every dishwasher we have ever owned....
So what can she say, except "I never liked that dishwasher"
Posted by: computers4kids Feb 23 2014, 08:59 PM
The dishwasher, oven, and freezer have all been used for the "greater good."
Posted by: 914_8 Feb 23 2014, 10:59 PM
Thats nothing. My mom has come home to my dad and I using the oven to pre heat parts for cleaning. And also my cooking paints/ coatings onto engine parts… Its always better to ask forgiveness 
Posted by: saigon71 Feb 24 2014, 07:44 PM
A beautiful sight!
It's a great solution for cleaning those types of parts.
Posted by: CptTripps Feb 24 2014, 08:10 PM
Last week I was looking for a set of FAG bearings I'd ordered for the rear trailing arms. I couldn't figure out what I'd done with them, and was reminded by Angie that they were in the basement freezer. She doesn't even flinch anymore.
I had 200 old motherboards that I needed to clean for an office "art" project. After she came home and found this, I had to go buy another dishwasher.
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Posted by: warpig Feb 24 2014, 08:12 PM
I've used that cleaning technique on valve covers, oil pans, motorcycle wheels etc. 
Always makes the house smell like a proper professional mechanic's establishment. 
Posted by: rhodyguy Feb 25 2014, 09:24 AM
ALWAYS remember to run the dw empty on a short cycle when finished. Check for trace evidence on the food screen/filter. "What's all this junk in the bottom of the dw?". "What junk?". Busted.
Posted by: mepstein Feb 25 2014, 10:44 AM
They were cleaned by hand before the dishwasher.
Posted by: Steve Snyder Feb 25 2014, 11:27 AM
I've used that cleaning technique on valve covers, oil pans, motorcycle wheels etc.
Always makes the house smell like a proper professional mechanic's establishment. Best to avoid the engine bits. I've learned that doing valve covers is a multi-day doghouse offense.
Posted by: Big Len Feb 25 2014, 11:43 AM
This is what you guys are worried about??
C'mon men, aren't we the kings of the castle?
Posted by: effutuo101 Feb 25 2014, 11:48 AM
same with heat curing motorcycle heads in the oven after "hot" paint has been applied.
That was almost a new oven. I learned, do it first thing in the morning and "ventilate with outside air".
Posted by: dcheek Feb 25 2014, 11:59 AM
This is what you guys are worried about??
C'mon men, aren't we the kings of the castle?
If you guys keep it up you will end up with only half the castle!
Dave
Posted by: Garold Shaffer Feb 25 2014, 12:16 PM
Been thinking about buying a used dishwasher to use in the garage. No wife issues if I put dirty parts in it.
Posted by: OU8AVW Feb 25 2014, 01:42 PM
I wonder what the wife could put in the dishwasher that would make us mad?
Posted by: Steve Snyder Feb 25 2014, 02:34 PM
I'm thinking the real question now is, "Exactly where did that picture come from?"
Posted by: shelby/914 Feb 25 2014, 02:50 PM
No pix but back in the day it was great for wire wheel covers on my Mustang. Probably work great on wire wheels too.
Posted by: OU8AVW Feb 25 2014, 04:01 PM
I'm thinking the real question now is, "Exactly where did that picture come from?"
Scotty B's Facebook page.....
Posted by: Steve Pratel Feb 25 2014, 07:42 PM
I am very skilled at avoiding the wrath of SWMBO (aka She Who Must Be Obeyed) lol...... But have successfully used the dishwasher. Last week after baking my latest round of parts painted with high heat enamel (48 hours after dry to make sure little to no fumes when in oven) I had just gotten the parts out as she pulled in the driveway. Thinking fast, I dashed in the kitchen and hit the 'autoclean' mode. Definately covered up the odd smell in the kitchen. ;-) I'm sure I'd survive if caught, but I see no reason to test my theory. lol
Posted by: scotty b Feb 25 2014, 08:21 PM
I'm thinking the real question now is, "Exactly where did that picture come from?"
Scotty B's Facebook page.....
Nice try. No one here is dumb enough to believe I have a kitchen
Posted by: balljoint Feb 25 2014, 10:42 PM
Nice mixing tools?
Who else ate the cake at the tranny clinic?
Posted by: bulitt Feb 26 2014, 05:30 AM
This thread has taken a wrong turn... 
Posted by: maf914 Feb 27 2014, 08:09 AM
I wonder what the wife could put in the dishwasher that would make us mad?
Are those special tools Porsche makes for 914 owners? No respect!
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