Pietenpol-List: Scotchbrite
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:30 pm
Original Posted By: Kip & Beth Gardner
Pat (and others)-To add to what you've already posted about using Scotchbrite pad material for buzzing out the inside of intake tubing and such, William grabbed some and used it (during the great Alamo City Corvair Jr. College) when he saw that I hadn't adequately cleaned up the bores where the pushrod tubes go into my cases and heads. He "speared" a chunk of Scotchbrite on a small spade bit chucked into the air drill (electric drill works fine too), doused it with WD-40, ran the wetted pad in and out of the bores with the drill, and quickly got the bores shiny clean so the pushrod tube O-rings will seal well.Can we hear any more useful Scotchbrite tips (maybe it's good for removing warts? Or getting stains off of Dan's nice Dickies overalls?) But seriously, I think I saw where someone used a piece of the coarser Scotchbrite cut to a disk shape, glued to the end of something they chucked into their drill, to burnish aluminum.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:05:34 -0500
Pat (and others)-To add to what you've already posted about using Scotchbrite pad material for buzzing out the inside of intake tubing and such, William grabbed some and used it (during the great Alamo City Corvair Jr. College) when he saw that I hadn't adequately cleaned up the bores where the pushrod tubes go into my cases and heads. He "speared" a chunk of Scotchbrite on a small spade bit chucked into the air drill (electric drill works fine too), doused it with WD-40, ran the wetted pad in and out of the bores with the drill, and quickly got the bores shiny clean so the pushrod tube O-rings will seal well.Can we hear any more useful Scotchbrite tips (maybe it's good for removing warts? Or getting stains off of Dan's nice Dickies overalls?) But seriously, I think I saw where someone used a piece of the coarser Scotchbrite cut to a disk shape, glued to the end of something they chucked into their drill, to burnish aluminum.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:05:34 -0500