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how chicken soup solved my engine repair headache
The Problem ... like so many others i am in the middle of repairing broken head studs on my SC. I cleaned it as well as i could before pulling the thing apart .. once all apart though and the cylinders slid off and the broken studs removed there is still a lot of grime around the area.
The real problem is how to stop any of that grime falling into the engine while cleaning it .. i have seen guys use rags and cups and all kinds .. but nothing really water proofs it so you can clean with confidence... Soooo...... I was having my chicken soup for lunch and it dawned on me .. my chicken soup container was strangely enough the same size as the spigot on my 3 litre.. I also just happened to have some inch thick closed cell foam on my table from something i unpacked earlier . I am sure that stuff is available cheap at the craft store.. So i drew a circle on the foam , used a knife to cut it out. I then put a ziploc bag over the rods .. , then i cut a slit in my foam disk to slide over the rod . The foam disk had to be compressed to fit into the spigot which was great ... voila . i now have a water and grime proof spigot hole. I used my cumin spice lid for the oil return tubes and just rough guessed the oil cooler holes .. now i can scrub away .. took a total of 10 minutes to do all of them .. just thought i would pass this tip along ..    
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03-18-2015, 02:00 PM
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That is actually a truly great idea!
I'll be eating some soup here pretty soon it seems. 
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03-18-2015, 02:08 PM
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Love home made remedy's for car problems, kind of like chicken soup
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03-19-2015, 03:34 AM
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Pretty cool idea. Combine with a cup over the top and your rod end would stay clean too.
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03-19-2015, 04:10 AM
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Ah, didn't see the baggie. Clever!
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“Of the value traps, the most widespread and pernicious is value rigidity. This is an inability to revalue what one sees because of commitment to previous values. In motorcycle maintenance, you MUST rediscover what you do as you go. Rigid values makes this impossible.” ― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values |
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03-19-2015, 04:11 AM
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Great idea!
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03-19-2015, 04:24 AM
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Still nothing can keep out a stink bug! I find those little buggers everywhere! But this is at least a good start.
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03-19-2015, 05:31 AM
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Now that's using your noodle
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03-19-2015, 05:58 AM
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Do people normally just stuff rags into the cylinders?
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At first glance I thought you filled your crank case with soapy water to clean it out!
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03-19-2015, 08:37 AM
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Perfect!
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03-19-2015, 09:13 AM
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Hey, I have to try that!
Cumin spice with chunky chicken noodle!!! |
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03-19-2015, 10:21 AM
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Who said "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"??
very clever 
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03-19-2015, 01:28 PM
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