[SEL] Best method for cleaning engine crud?

[Rob Skinner]

> This base is roughly 4' in length and HEAVY so it won't be
easy 
> maneuvering around.
> Here is a picture of just the base.  
>
<http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/Alamo/Alamo
Base.JPG


Hi Curt, 
That base has a really nice shape.  I'm reluctant to go
against the combined wisdom of Tommy and the Cloistered
Oysters (sounds like a 60's folk band).  But, Kelley's deep
fryer used to be painted really pretty until I cleaned it
with oven cleaner.  Now it's bare metal.  Another time,
aerosol engine cleaner turned a red engine pink.  

The best grease cutter in my opinion is gasoline.  Nowadays
I'm more concerned about blowing up so I use a lot of Simple
Green Crystal.  It cleans without leaving an oily residue,
it's environmentally sound, and you can get it all over
yourself without causing brain damage or peeling off your
skin.  We get it at work in 55 gallon drums and use it for
nearly everything.

> P.S. Devin had a blast melting the babbitt out on Sunday.
Here he is:
>
<http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/Alamo/P1010
044.jpg>

Are those Maui Jim cutting glasses you're wearing?  

Rob