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Old 08-09-2005, 07:52 PM
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Trying to Make that Engine Shine *pics*
made a little progress on my valve cover tonight

Lots of work but worth the effort...



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Old 08-09-2005, 07:54 PM
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What were you using to clean it?
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Old 08-09-2005, 08:01 PM
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its actually a polishing job; stared with 400 grit sand paper and worked my way up to 1200 grit. Along with some mother's metal polish, next us is the intake manifold and timing chain cover
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Old 08-09-2005, 08:28 PM
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thats hot, looks like mine :P im in the process of doing another VC too, might sell it? lol
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Old 08-09-2005, 08:33 PM
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i take it VC is valve cover?

sober, how often to you have to re-polish to keep it looking good?
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Old 08-09-2005, 08:37 PM
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I just hit it every other week with mothers aluminum polish, works great.... dont leave it too long without getting polished tho or it might get stained again
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Old 08-09-2005, 08:54 PM
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yea looks good

but i didnt do mine for a while, and it turned garbage looking again
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Old 08-09-2005, 10:18 PM
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thanks bro, hope everything works out well with the ride
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Old 08-09-2005, 10:23 PM
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looks good, my engine bay needs cleaning bad
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Old 08-09-2005, 10:42 PM
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next us is the intake manifold and timing chain cover
on the IM, what do you do about all the texture? just sand that off as well, or what?
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Old 08-09-2005, 10:58 PM
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looks like it's coming along nicely... wanna do mine? lol...
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Old 08-09-2005, 11:32 PM
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wow, i need to work on my engine....i have a few extra pounds worth of weight in dust and dirt
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bigger pics please!
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i'll post up some better pics tonight, these were taken late last night

hopefully i'll have some more time to work on it today
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Did you guys remove the valve cover before sanding/polishing it?
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