January 18, 201016 yr my new EA81 coupe has a really ugly engine bay cause of the dealership yellowish crap that they sprayed on when this thing was new. I am using oven cleaner right now and thats getting the dirt out of the bay really well but not removing this undercoating. Does anyone have any good suggestions for getting rid of it? It looks terrible.
January 18, 201016 yr Briggs had this stuff on his DC engine. I think he used a hammer Really, I dont recall how he got it off, but it was a pita.
January 18, 201016 yr Author yea for lack of time i may just say fug it and just clean the bay of the grease and grim and drop the motor and go. There will be other times to clean it just not so easily as now.
January 19, 201016 yr Author Have you shown pics of this new coupe yet? Maybe I just missed them. Haha no i havent. I was going to post up some pics of the whole process once i had it up and running but ill post a couple teasers. here is what my garage looks like. Sedan is to the right. Coupe engine about to come out Engine and tranny out My buddy Matt showing his love of subarus LMAO:lol: Thats the motor and tranny from the sedan out.
January 19, 201016 yr Take some old rags/towells soak them w/ kerosene/gas/paint thinner/ or even water... and lay them on the metal pannels in the engine bay for a few days. Then go at it w/ a putty knife....be carful not to scratch the paint. You could also paint the engine bay w/ old motor oil, let it soak in for a few days, and then try scraping. The trick is getting it off w/o scratching/destroying the paint underneath. Now if I only had a trick to remove the asphalt undercoating from my 56 Bug.
January 19, 201016 yr Author interior is crap lol. The only thing good on it is the body. The motor and tranny are probably good to but it had carb problems and a messed up clutch. I bought it for the not crunched body.
January 24, 201016 yr Take some old rags/towells soak them w/ kerosene/gas/paint thinner/ or even water... and lay them on the metal pannels in the engine bay for a few days. Then go at it w/ a putty knife....be carful not to scratch the paint. You could also paint the engine bay w/ old motor oil, let it soak in for a few days, and then try scraping. The trick is getting it off w/o scratching/destroying the paint underneath. Now if I only had a trick to remove the asphalt undercoating from my 56 Bug. if you find anything let me know my 58bug and 82 singlecab both have the same problem
January 24, 201016 yr Author look on the bright side no more fixing rust for a while at least HAHA thats what u think. I thought it was rust free until i really looked. Its got rust..but not much. Its going to be cake to fix from my practice on the sedan. That will be done in the next few weeks.
February 1, 201016 yr Been using Gummout tar/bug remover. It was on sale at Walmart for 2$ a can. Sprayed and soaked for a few days. Works pretty good, got about 75% of the undercoating off of the bug.
February 1, 201016 yr Author Been using Gummout tar/bug remover. It was on sale at Walmart for 2$ a can. Sprayed and soaked for a few days. Works pretty good, got about 75% of the undercoating off of the bug. Oh nice Pete. I gotta try that at somepoint then. For now i gave up trying to make it look perfect under the hood and am focused on getting it on the road again.
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