Re: As requested, a new Little Car engine shot...

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: I shortened the url for you! http://tinyurl.com/6vlpo


Subject: Re: As requested, a new Little Car engine shot...
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 05 11:41:31 -0800
From: Gwendolyn Ann Smith <gwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Jim B <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>, you said...

>A: Gwen, if you want to remove any oil stains from the underhood area, use
>Castrol Super Clean (don't breathe the fumes!) and rinse with water
>afterwards. I even used it to remove some oil or brake fluid on a white
>paint job. (be careful how long you leave it on or it may wash out the
>color) I first used it to remove tobacco stains from the vinyl ceiling of 
>my
>Eagle wagon, then I cleaned a 30 year old mobile home (It looked like it 
>was
>dark oak with brown appliances due to the whole handicapped family being
>smokers and unable/unwilling to clean well. I was shocked to find the
>panelling was actually light cedar and the bathroom fixtures were pink! The
>ceilings were white too!) I ended up inhaling too much of the cleaner fumes
>(due to poor ventillation) and felt like I had pneumonia for a couple weeks
>afterwards.

Oh, by all means -- I swear by that stuff!  In fact, I need to pick up
another bottle, as I've just about tapped the last one doing the engine.

For point of comparison, here's a shot of the engine around 4 years ago,
courtesy of archive.org.  Long URL, sorry.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010826070857/gwensmith.com/interests/rambler/i
mages/64_classic_engine.jpg

The lightning really isn't that much different from the shot I posted
yesterday.  It's just a lot cleaner.  Now if I had a shot from just a bit
previous to this, then you'd really start to see a change -- that was
when even the cylinder head was black with grease and mung.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

Jim Blair, Seattle, WA '84 J10 Black Jack (getting lifted and stroked!), '73 
J4000 304/TH400/QT tow truck http://www.virtualjeep.com

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