[SEL] cleaning an engine

[jeff chattin]

Arnie

 The 8 hp Mogul is an engine I first saw when I was about 8 years old and it took me about 26 years to get it. I turn it over many rounds through the years to keep it from sticking. I've had it running a few times (pulling a cut off saw) but I'm finally getting around to cleaning it up. It has a good bit of paint under the grease and I don't want to do anything to make it come off. Its a stationary hopper cooled engine and the only thing I missing is the pot muffler(anybody got an extra or a pattern).  

  We don't have many engines that have local history in our area (North Georgia) and I'm trying to gather some of them up. The owner of the mogul wanted it to stay in the area and he was grinning when we first fired it up. He had it close to forty years and he had never heard it run.  

  

 

Jeff Chattin

Canton Georgia
 
> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:54:07 -0400
> From: fero_ah at city-net.com
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: Re: [SEL] cleaning an engine
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> You'll get a lot of different opinions on this one. Mine is to get five gallons of
> kerosene and a couple of stiff brushes. Then start gently cleaning. It may take
> longer than some more aggressive methods, but it's pretty rare that you'll utter the
> dreaded "OH SHIT!" and wished that you hadn't been so impatient.
> 
> It also gives you a chance to really go over the engine, looking for unusual wear,
> fine cracks, etc.; the sort of stuff you might miss when just hitting it with 1000
> psi steam. There's really no rush. Take your time and enjoy that original finish
> being slowly revealed a layer at a time.
> 
> It's sorta like a strip-tease for engine men. 8-))
> 
> Good luck with it. Is this your first engine, or one of many? I don't think we've
> heard much from you before. Tell us a bit about yourself and your collection.
> 
> See ya, Arnie
> 
> Arnie Fero
> Pittsburgh, PA
> fero_ah at city-net.com
> 
> On Tue, September 29, 2009 6:06 pm, jeff chattin wrote:
> >
> > I've got a mogul that has some paint left under a lot of grease. What is the best
> > way to dissolve(clean) the grease off without taking the old paint off. Would
> > mineral sprits be the best way to clean it? Thanks Jeff
> 
> 
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