engine compartment

tooley · Postby **tooley** » 16 Mar 2008 07:52

What is the best stuff to clean the engine compartment with and also the various parts of the engine

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busheytrader · Postby **busheytrader** » 16 Mar 2008 08:47

A biker friend of mine reccomended Muc-Off but their website only refers to it's suitability for motorbikes. You'd think that it had to be compatable with almost every substance and surface (metal and paint)as bikes combine everything.

I'd like to know what's good as well.

Cheers,

Adam

TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & Solid Bushes, Anti- Dive, Granada Vented Discs & Calipers, AllyCat 5 Spokes. No Door Stickers.

TR Tony · Postby **TR Tony** » 16 Mar 2008 08:52

Thanks for the pic - looks a tidy & original car. Fairly early for a DHC as well being on a V plate. Got any history with it?

You can get all sorts of cleaners for the oily bits, Gunk is a well known product but there are lots like that. Try something in a spray as that should be better at directing into any hard to reach bits. Rinse off well & take care to dry well. Lubricate throttle linkages afterwards.

Keep cleaner/water away from the electrics as best you can! In fact, while you are cleaning up in the engine bay, check all the electrical connections for corrosion & clean them up too. Especially check & clean the earth points at the front of the bay behind the headlight panels as these can cause problems if not sound.

Tony

1981 2L FHC Cavalry Blue - very original & not rusty!
1980 3.5L V8 DHC Regency Red - on the road again.

john 215 · Postby **john 215** » 16 Mar 2008 09:20

Hi,
Nice DHC, love the colour [8D]
As far as cleaner then Gunk is good. Please do not steam clean though forces water where it should never go and you will be chasing problems for days [B)] Also will get into body seams ect.
Cheers John.

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tooley · Postby **tooley** » 16 Mar 2008 09:50

no history im afraid,is there a site where you can find out?
plus how do i make the picture smaller?

Odd · Postby **Odd** » 16 Mar 2008 19:29

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tooley
how do i make the picture smaller? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Best program to use on digital pictures in my opinion is Photoshop.

gaz · Postby **gaz** » 16 Mar 2008 20:20

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Odd

[quote]Originally posted by tooley
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Best program to use on digital pictures in my opinion is Photoshop.

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or if you use photobucket to host them, then you can just click on the re-size button and job done in seconds

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FI Spyder · Postby **FI Spyder** » 17 Mar 2008 01:39

Virtually every imaging program will have a resize function. You get these with your digital camera, scanner etc. You can get umpteen free ones on the internet as well.

Degreassers like Gunk work well but smell like the dickens. Good for really greasey areas. For general cleaning under the hood (bonnet) I like to use a generic degreaser bought at Great Canadian Superstore (Loblaws) for about $6 per 4 litre bottle. You mix this 20 to 1 or so and spray it on with a squirt bottle. Brush it around with a brush that won't scratch the paint and hose it off with garden hose. I then blow the residual water off with a leaf blower (similar to water being blown off in a car wash). I then let it air dry making sure the ignition wires are dry and checking under the dist. cap if water was sprayed in that area. Be careful spraying water around the air filter area.

Water soluable degreasers don't smell and are much cheaper and work fine if your cleaning a greasy film and not a quarter inch of sludge.

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jclay (RIP 2018) · Postby **jclay (RIP 2018)** » 17 Mar 2008 17:58

gaz · Postby **gaz** » 17 Mar 2008 19:31

almost looks like a different photo now...... did you
lighten /brighten/contrast it before cropping it looks like you washed it lol[:)]

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Beans · Postby **Beans** » 17 Mar 2008 20:46

Also washed away the car in the background, rebuilt the shed, locked away the vacuum cleaner and tidied the garden a bit

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1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
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gaz · Postby **gaz** » 17 Mar 2008 22:17

should have ran this as a competition i love a spot the difference the water patch near the passenger front wheel is also missing maybee this could be a regular feature hey jclay....[;)]

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jclay (RIP 2018) · Postby **jclay (RIP 2018)** » 17 Mar 2008 22:26

Door lock gone on the garage! Notice that the walls of the garage are straight up and down? Took out the blue color from the overcast sky.

How about Saabfast's car sitting in front of a Hawaiian water fall? Hasbeen's blue car with the back ground blurred.

gaz · Postby **gaz** » 18 Mar 2008 06:49

how about that red white and blue TR7/747 that was posted the other day (ebay link) on the runway surrounded by other B/a planes lol
http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6881

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Hasbeen · Postby **Hasbeen** » 18 Mar 2008 08:36

Hay, gaz, it is a TR7 after all. I think its much more likely an oil
patch, than a water patch, thats been cleaned up.

Hasbeen

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