today was rather interesting

[White95DodgeRam]

well today was the first day of work on my 78 firebird, and lets just say it was rather interesting spending 4 hours cleaning up the top side of the engine compartment (will save the lower half for when i can get it going to a coin wash so i can use a pressure sprayer).....


i used 4 cans of that gunk gel engine degreaser a gallon of purple power straight and a tooth brush it isnt 100 percent clean id say rather maybe 50-75 % clean until i pull the hood off.



and for referance this is what my engine compartment looked like when i started.

my sister stole my digi cam so i have no "progress"shots but hopefully i can get some on sunday when i go back for round 2.

 

[ScottB]

Are you rebuilding a Screaming Chicken ???

 

[White95DodgeRam]

yup gonna get that 305 up and running until i can get my 4 bolt main 396 stroker built for it

 

[sparkie]

Get your digi cam back. I want to see the after! I'd be looking Sunday!

 

[supercharged]

Looks like you need a bottle of DP engine degreaser for sure.

 

[White95DodgeRam]

heres the pics as promised....

semi clean its been really windy so more pine needles

another shot i really need to figure out how i can get that grim off the hoses

interior is shot.

spot polish to check the condition of the paint under ( lots of sap that wont come off) and heavily oxodized.

the pad after yes i was polishing by hand

the icing on the cake compliments of 1989

 

[scottgt]

get that paint looking fresh again woot woot

 

[ltoman]

wow - you got some job there boy - can't wait to see whatcha do with it! may i ask what that was you used on the paint?

 

[White95DodgeRam]

ssr 2.5 followed by 1.0 and the clay magic bar that i had laying around

 

[ltoman]

ssr 2.5 followed by 1.0 and the clay magic bar that i had laying around

just one that one spot? by hand? to get it that good?

 

[Nuke33]

I cant wait to see it when it is done...

 

[klumzypinoy]

jeeze that's a disaster to work on. You brought its color back though.

 

[White95DodgeRam]

yup about 15 minutes by hand on the one spot (that time includes rinising off the pad about 4 or 5 times) haha


i also did the rear spoiler but my arms gave out on me and i gave up til i can get ahold of a pc and some xmt 4 !

 

[sparkie]

If you weren't so far away, I would bring my rotary, OC, PC and DG#101 and #105 over and help you out.
Thanks for sharing your pics. Keep us updated!

 

[White95DodgeRam]

ive been wantin a pc for so long i just cant seem to save the cash for the xmt kit, ive been putting the money into cars but this was probably the kick i needed to save up i dont want to hand polish the entire thing for mediocre results

 

[White95DodgeRam]

goin back for another round today gonna flood the engine with disel to get rid of any sludge that might have built up over the years and probably get some more polishin done on the hood.

 

[White95DodgeRam]

this is where im keepin track of the progress if yall dont mind me linking to another forum....


78 Progress thread - Firebird Nation Forum Home

 

[c5golfguy]

Thats freaking cool mang. Keep us posted on the progress.

 

[mrnextel]

lol just gut it and send it for media blasting, they are money pits aint they! :cheers:

 

[White95DodgeRam]

yup but god knows i would give my last dime to get this baby 100% done......ah maybe i can buy the pad kit and rent a pc from a hardware store