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ButchRed33 · 10-30-2016, 08:38 PM

I took my '32 B block in to a place that bakes the gunk off the blocks, etc.

It had been in storage for a long time, so I put axle grease on mains, cylinders, etc. since things tend to rust where I had to store them.

Now the gunk is baked off, but I have a greasy block. I'm worried about the water jackets and oil passages. Is it possible to soak it gasoline, or ?????,
and use brushes to clean the passages, or is there a better, more foolproof way? I'm a stickler for a clean block, so as to have no silly cooling or debris problems.

Any suggestions?

Lawson Cox · 10-30-2016, 08:57 PM

Baking it should have removed everything. What does your baker say?? Did he put anything on it to "keep it from rusting"?

26 lakes · 10-30-2016, 09:17 PM

I would never use gasoline for ANYTHING other than making an engine run. You will end up with nick names like Sparky, Torch, Flame and Stop, Drop and Role. Ask me how I know this. And I wasn't using it to clean with.

Frank Miller · 10-30-2016, 09:32 PM

I had one done and they told me to spray it with WD40 to keep it from rusting as the cast iron was dried out. You need to ask the facility that did this. wither they put grease on it or did not do it correctly.

GB SISSON · 10-30-2016, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 26 lakes

I would never use gasoline for ANYTHING other than making an engine run. You will end up with nick names like Sparky, Torch, Flame and Stop, Drop and Role. Ask me how I know this. And I wasn't using it to clean with.

Totally what HE said.... Use gunk followed by tide, whatever... One spark with gas and kaboom. I won't post the picture of my face afterwards, but I'm one of the lucky ones. Just the first layer of skin.

ButchRed33 · 10-31-2016, 05:48 AM

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ok thanks.

I took it in with a friend who had an "A" block done at the same time. They gave us a discount. His came out dry, mine all oily so I'm sure the grease soaked it everywhere.

Gunk and Tide it is. And some cleaning brushes. I have a brush kit from a 350 I had many years ago, but I need some smaller ones.

Walt Dupont--Me. · 10-31-2016, 06:09 AM

If you had the block backed it would have melted the babbitt mains out of the block, after baking it goes into a short machine with small steel short, when it comes out it will be a new casting. It will rust fast if you don't put something on it quick. Walt

19Fordy · 10-31-2016, 10:45 AM

What is a "short machine" and a "small steel short"?

Ah ha! I just figured it out. It's a typo.
Walt meant "shot machine" using "small shot"

10-30-2016, 08:38 PM	#1
ButchRed33 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: the corn belt Posts: 20	block prep I took my '32 B block in to a place that bakes the gunk off the blocks, etc. It had been in storage for a long time, so I put axle grease on mains, cylinders, etc. since things tend to rust where I had to store them. Now the gunk is baked off, but I have a greasy block. I'm worried about the water jackets and oil passages. Is it possible to soak it gasoline, or ?????, and use brushes to clean the passages, or is there a better, more foolproof way? I'm a stickler for a clean block, so as to have no silly cooling or debris problems. Any suggestions?

10-30-2016, 08:57 PM	#2
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: block prep Baking it should have removed everything. What does your baker say?? Did he put anything on it to "keep it from rusting"? __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Last edited by Lawson Cox; 10-30-2016 at 11:40 PM.

10-30-2016, 09:17 PM	#3
26 lakes Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lee's Summit, Mo Posts: 339	Re: block prep I would never use gasoline for ANYTHING other than making an engine run. You will end up with nick names like Sparky, Torch, Flame and Stop, Drop and Role. Ask me how I know this. And I wasn't using it to clean with.

10-30-2016, 09:32 PM	#4
Frank Miller Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Auburn, MA Posts: 2,106	Re: block prep I had one done and they told me to spray it with WD40 to keep it from rusting as the cast iron was dried out. You need to ask the facility that did this. wither they put grease on it or did not do it correctly. __________________ “The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is true.” ~ Ezra Pound

10-31-2016, 05:48 AM	#6
ButchRed33 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: the corn belt Posts: 20	Re: block prep Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) ok thanks. I took it in with a friend who had an "A" block done at the same time. They gave us a discount. His came out dry, mine all oily so I'm sure the grease soaked it everywhere. Gunk and Tide it is. And some cleaning brushes. I have a brush kit from a 350 I had many years ago, but I need some smaller ones.

10-31-2016, 06:09 AM	#7
Walt Dupont--Me. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gardiner Me. Posts: 4,200	Re: block prep If you had the block backed it would have melted the babbitt mains out of the block, after baking it goes into a short machine with small steel short, when it comes out it will be a new casting. It will rust fast if you don't put something on it quick. Walt

10-31-2016, 10:45 AM	#8
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 11,046	Re: block prep What is a "short machine" and a "small steel short"? Ah ha! I just figured it out. It's a typo. Walt meant "shot machine" using "small shot"