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| jhadler |
 Nov 30 2005, 03:26 PM
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Long term tinkerer...  Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529  |
Hey all,
As long as I'm making everything else nice and clean, any suggestions on the best way to clean up a tranny without taking it appart? Take it to the U-wash with a can of GUNK? Get it bead blasted? Looking for ideas that are simple. Thanks! -Josh2 |
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| Katmanken |
Dec 1 2005, 01:10 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Alright,
One more time. It's magnesium and it's coated with a coating called a magnesium "pickle". It's like a plating. Put reactive cleaners (oven, lye, acids) on it and you are going to remove it and eat into the mag. Scrub it with a wire brush and you will remove it or damage it. Mag can corrode like crazy and even if you are at 5000 feet and you get into road salt, better have protection on it. Sea air is the same. Learned this from the magnesium institute when I was making high precision mag parts. Zinc is a recommended treatment for mag and I used a self etching primer (Dupont Variprime) with zinc on mine. A little silver paint and all looks great. Variprime sets up hard too. Mag would prolly work well with those moisture curing urethanes like POR. No zinc though. Ken |
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jhadler Transmission cleaning? Nov 30 2005, 03:26 PM
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Looking for suggestio... Nov 30 2005, 04:12 PM bondo <... Nov 30 2005, 04:19 PM GWN7 take the chunks off with a sharp instrument and th... Nov 30 2005, 04:50 PM SirAndy Nov 30 2005, 04:54 PM J P Stein I just did mine with simple green and the graden h... Nov 30 2005, 04:57 PM jsteele22 I'd steer clear of media blasting. I know som... Nov 30 2005, 05:00 PM Tobra They are magnesium. It is a great material, but h... Nov 30 2005, 08:30 PM jonwatts And magnesium isn't a "white" metal so it won... Nov 30 2005, 11:17 PM Eric_Shea WAIT! DO NOT USE ENGINE CLEANER CHEMICALS... Nov 30 2005, 11:26 PM D1A3 I recently had it out of my car and used a fine wi... Nov 30 2005, 11:29 PM maf914 I cleaned my tranny case using Fast Orange degreas... Dec 1 2005, 09:19 AM jhadler So it's sounding like the best thing to do is ... Dec 1 2005, 01:17 PM Tobra The book says use water sluble cleaners. If you a... Dec 1 2005, 03:25 PM
ws91420 What about mineral spirits like varasol? Dec 1 2005, 06:57 PM |
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