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May 9, 2009

Goodysgotacuda

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Need engine cleaning tips/chemicals

Whats the best stuff to use to get the built up dirt/mud out of my engine bay? It's a bit of a pain to get it out of the plastic and such.

What do you guys use?!

May 9, 2009

sarasota4x4

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simple green or any degreaser->let sit > hose off

May 9, 2009

TrucknGolf

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If there is alot of mud I would take it to a car wash and put it one the tire and engine wash and use that.

May 9, 2009

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From: Grayson

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works great spary it on wait bout 5 to 10 min then wash it off and make sure u get it of ur paint or it will damage it
-Cody

May 10, 2009

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I tried the Simple Green and hosing it off about a month ago, then I dried it off with paper towels, it came out great. The whole engine compartment came out looking like new.

May 10, 2009

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yea use simple green....but dont dilute it

May 10, 2009

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yea use simple green....but dont dilute it

x2.

May 10, 2009

Spirochets

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Wtf is suppose to be right there? Ive been wondering on my truck?

May 10, 2009

dj wayne

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Beats me....?????

May 10, 2009

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ns_red7

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That's the flux capacitor.

May 10, 2009

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dj wayne

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Maybe it's a mounting bracket for in case you want to bolt your hood down.

May 10, 2009

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ford put it there to make people go wtf is that lol

May 10, 2009

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Goodysgotacuda

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simple green worked okay on it. I'm trading the truck in and wanted to get the majority of "this thing has wheeled hard" off of it lol

May 10, 2009

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i need to do this
did you just cover up the coils and alt?

May 10, 2009

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i need to do this
did you just cover up the coils and alt?

Nope. If mud's gotten to it, it'll live lol. Didn't hurt anything. It worked pretty decent for a quckie spray and hose down.

May 19, 2009

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That's the flux capacitor.

I laughed my head off when I read this, nice, flux capacitor. LOL

May 20, 2009

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Here's a flux capacitor you could mount to it:
ThinkGeek :: Flux Capacitor Replica

May 22, 2009

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I think thats where FoMoCo. made a way to drop the engines in and it was left in, mine has a few ring looking things and I asked my dad, he said they were on there when ford dropped the engines in...

May 22, 2009

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I think thats where FoMoCo. made a way to drop the engines in and it was left in, mine has a few ring looking things and I asked my dad, he said they were on there when ford dropped the engines in...

Yeah all vehicles have the engine lifting eyes,but that thing in his truck looks like its for something else.