Cleaning head gaskets

Twan · May 2, 2013

What have you all used that works best to clean the heads and block?

20007.3L · May 2, 2013

clean from greace and oil? Brake cleaner!

Mdub707 · May 2, 2013

Yeah, what exactly are you wanting to clean up?

Alfie · May 2, 2013

Contact surface ? Brass scraper

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086.4 · May 2, 2013

Brake cleaner and a stone

Twan · May 2, 2013

Cleaning the old gasket parts and rusty spots.

01PSD · May 2, 2013

We knocked the bigger stuff off the block with green rolok disks, then used honing stones to get it as flat as possible and clean.

MarkSmith · May 2, 2013

Im a fan of the white 3M finger discs that go on my die grinder. Works wonders and doesn't remove too much.

Zmann · May 2, 2013

are you referring

to these?

weekendwarriorfsw32 · May 2, 2013

NO!!!! That will take off metal, I believe he is referring to

Zmann said:
are you referring

to these?

907DAVE · May 2, 2013

Those will all take material off.

Brass scraper or razor blades if your careful. Those discolored spots are perfectly fine.

weekendwarriorfsw32 · May 2, 2013

Where is the best place to get a brass scraper?

907DAVE said:
Those will all take material off.

Brass scraper or razor blades if your careful. Those discolored spots are perfectly fine.

DEEZUZ · May 2, 2013

dont bother with brass scraper.. they are too thick on the filet end of things... go buy about 10 square razor blades and get a can of FORD metal PREP from your dealer... go to town....

Zmann · May 2, 2013

weekendwarriorfsw32 said:
NO!!!! That will take off metal, I believe he is referring to

I would hope but what is " finger) like on those ?
heck they even have hash versions of those also

01PSD · May 2, 2013

CTC DEEZUL said:
dont bother with brass scraper.. they are too thick on the filet end of things... go buy about 10 square razor blades and get a can of FORD metal PREP from your dealer... go to town....

We were gonna use that metal prep stuff, guy said it would be in stock the next morning.. It wasn't

using the honing stones with the cab still down was a major pain (literally)

weekendwarriorfsw32 · May 2, 2013

Thats the normal way I do it but was thinking about trying the 3m pads.

CTC DEEZUL said:
dont bother with brass scraper.. they are too thick on the filet end of things... go buy about 10 square razor blades and get a can of FORD metal PREP from your dealer... go to town....

HOOV3R · May 2, 2013

weekendwarriorfsw32 said:
Thats the normal way I do it but was thinking about trying the 3m pads.

If you are careful, the blue aluminum pads will probably work fine.

DEEZUZ · May 2, 2013

the blue gasket should come off by the 2md or third coat and pass with blade.. after that its focusin in on the carbon build up.. ive had the carbon stack so high it broke my blade... each side should take you 45mins- 1 hour...