omega0684
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:41 PM |
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any advice on diff cleaning
hey everyone, hope you all had a good weekend?
well ive been very productive this weekend, ive cut the s%"t out of my donor and the scrap man is coming to get the remains tomorrow( R.I.P to
the donor ). ive cleaned the garage out ready for the concrete to go down (all i need now is to borrow a concrete mixer, if i can borrow yours for a
couple of days u2u me, pleeeeeease) and then i started to clean up my diff casing. im not going to have the diff reconditioned as there is no need(
opened it up and it was mechanically sound).
ive been using my angle grinder to clean the larger surfaces with a big wire twirly attachment thing, but it is too big to get into all those little
nooks and crannies, ive tries a wire brush and wire wool but nothing seems to do the job at getting all the ground on dirt and stuff off,
has anyone got any suggestions on how i can get these areas clean? i plan on painting it in silver hammerlite so the surfaces must be paintable?
thanks chaps
Alex
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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RichieC
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:46 PM |
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Soak it in Mr Muscle oven cleaner and jet wash it off, anything else after that can be painted over with hammerite
Rich
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:50 PM |
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if i soak it in mr muscle and then power wash it wont the water go inside the diff?
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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RichieC
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:51 PM |
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Only if you leave the cover off.......
edited to say I assume youre using a Tripode diff, just stick something in the holes to stop ingress. An old towel or something should do it, just
dont squirt water directly into it.
[Edited on 19/2/06 by RichieC]
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Simon
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:52 PM |
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I made some rubber bungs for the holes, then chucked it in the beadblaster!
ATB
Simon
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:54 PM |
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i left mine dirty and unpainted...
If i cleaned it, it would just annoy me when it got dirty (first long drive).
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:55 PM |
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got another one for you then? how do i get rid of the rust on the lobro joints that go into the side of the diff without opening the diff up? angle
grinder wont reach, same applies for the prop attachment,
Alex
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:57 PM |
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im using coosie LSD
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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RichieC
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:58 PM |
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So it is a Lobro then, you wont get water into it with the back cover on.
I didnt worry about them. Unless theyre horrendous, you wont see them on the car.
 
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 09:03 PM |
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yep your diff looks exactly the same as mine!
except mine isnt painted yet
cheers rich
[Edited on 19/2/06 by omega0684]
[Edited on 19/2/06 by omega0684]
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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SeaBass
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 09:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
yep your diff looks exactly the same as mine!
[SARCASM]
Crazy how Ford can make thousands of parts exactly the same eh???
[/SARCASM]
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craig1410
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 09:23 PM |
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Hi,
A word of advice from a man who mixed 11 Tons of concrete by hand for his garage floor and then realised that you can get it just a cheaply from
people like Master Concrete without the hassle of mixing it yourself. I had got quotes from the likes of
readymix but my garage was behind my house and my driveway wasn't strong or wide enough to reverse the truck to within pouring distance and the
cost of a concrete pump was way too high. I therefore ordered up the raw materials and my wife and I mixed it by hand to cover an area of 30 foot by
10 foot at 6" depth. Of course the 6" depth was in places more like 9" so my original 8 ton estimate went way over to around 11 ton.
I had to do it in three sections due to time constraints and weather problems so I had some joins too.
Anyway, get a quote to have your concrete delivered and with Master Concrete you only pay for what you use and they will even barrow it into position
for you if like me your garage cannot be reached from the roadside directly.
HTH,
Craig.
[Edited on 19/2/2006 by craig1410]
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RichieC
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 09:24 PM |
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Dont worry mate, Hammerite covers a world of problems. Just give it a decent clean and use hammered finish on it, looks fine. Be careful about
getting paint on the drive flanges, keep them as Ford intended.
Chances are the majority of the diff will be behind a cover or out of sight so dont worry.
Rich
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Avoneer
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 09:27 PM |
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One of those red handled wire brushes with a curved end dipped in white spirit got the rest of the crud out of the corners - enought to paint it
anyhow.
Too much hassle with all this water and cleaning products!
1/2 hour max with the brush and it should be good enough to paint.
Pat...
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Avoneer
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 09:29 PM |
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Can't see the link with the concrete though ???
Pat 
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craig1410
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 09:56 PM |
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Did you miss this bit then?
quote:
ive cleaned the garage out ready for the concrete to go down (all i need now is to borrow a concrete mixer, if i can borrow yours for a
couple of days u2u me, pleeeeeease)
[Edited on 19/2/2006 by craig1410]
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 10:08 PM |
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the link to the concrete is that im relaying my garage floor, but im only relaying the work area bit that works out to 11 sq yds, and im only laying a
2 inch think base as there is no excessive waight going in there.
Alex
[Edited on 19/2/06 by omega0684]
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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Avoneer
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 11:22 PM |
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No, saw the other post as well.
Just thought it was funny in relation to a diff cleaning post.
Not gonna use the mixer are you?
Pat...
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However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 11:28 PM |
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lol, if you are thinking that im going to use cement mixer to clean the diff, then you must be mad, i need to borrow a cement mixer for the garage
floor, funny thinking anyways
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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indykid
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 11:34 PM |
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it should work well.
stick the diff in with half a bag of alpine grit, and leave to rumble for half an hour.
if it works with expansion tanks, surely it'll work with a diff.
tom
disclaimer - the above is a joke, nothing more, nothing less. if you try it and kill your diff, it's your own bloody silly fault. the bit about
the expansion tank cleaning is right though
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omega0684
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| posted on 20/2/06 at 12:36 AM |
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I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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James
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| posted on 20/2/06 at 11:31 AM |
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Just to be unconventional and talk about the topic again...
I painted my diff silver. I soon found that not having bothered cleaning the nooks and crannies 100% means the paint very rapidly came off and had to
be re-painted.
Ideally, you want to shot blast the thing to do it properly.
Cheers,
James
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 20/2/06 at 08:37 PM |
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Try a pointed nose decoking wire brush in an electric drill if they are still available couple of pounds each ?
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