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Admiral · 10-09-2016, 07:18 PM

Apropos cleaning the block, before sending mine off to be machined I attacked it with a pick and shop vac. After vigorously probing everywhere I could reach with a piece of small-diameter steel rod I duct taped a chunk of foot-long steel conduit to the business end of the vacuum and went to town, sucking out as much sand, scale and rust from the water jackets as possible. Needless to say, I got A LOT of crap out of the block, though it did take quite a while (but it was worth it!).

10-09-2016, 07:18 PM	#12
Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Oakland County, Michigan Posts: 562	Re: Block cleaning at home Apropos cleaning the block, before sending mine off to be machined I attacked it with a pick and shop vac. After vigorously probing everywhere I could reach with a piece of small-diameter steel rod I duct taped a chunk of foot-long steel conduit to the business end of the vacuum and went to town, sucking out as much sand, scale and rust from the water jackets as possible. Needless to say, I got A LOT of crap out of the block, though it did take quite a while (but it was worth it!).