[Spridgets] What to use to clean an engine for paint?

Jim Johnson bmwwxman at gmail.com
Mon Apr 6 10:33:42 MDT 2009


I can't believe it would be the weather.....    A couple years ago I took a
motorcycle trip to Alaska and back. There were car wash facilities in
Edmonton, Calgary, Dawson Creek, Jasper, White Horse, Dawson City, Tok, and
even Fairbanks!  I washed the bike off in Fairbanks and asked the proprietor
how long they could stay open each year. He said he had two heated stalls
with insulated plumbing and hot water that were open year round. He did say
they sometimes had trouble with the run-off water freezing in the drain
(mostly below permafrost level) but otherwise everything worked.

Cheers!!
Jim

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Paul Asgeirsson <
PAsgeirsson at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I've been in the milder area West too long to remember that, yes, things
> freeze up too often in many places.  Our really mild winters in Western
> Oregon
> spoil you!
>
> The lack of these self help pressure wash emporiums, well may well be that
> folks aren't really interested in having fun with old cars, such as we are.
> No volume of customers, who would pour money into a cold weather freeze
> prone
> DIY place when folks find it so much easier to have a hobby that can be
> done
> in your living or family room, where pressure washing isn't needed!  (May
> NOT
> be totally true!)
>
> Driving around in nicely done up 50 year old cars just ain't for the
> masses!!
> But it sure is pleasurable!!
>
> My all original 59 Morris 2 dr is such a qawkers delight wherever I go,
> it's
> really close to embarrassing.  But it is fun to drive a regeared 948 car
> and
> keep up with others.  That is really on the level!!
>
> Later, Paul A
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: David Booker
>  To: spridget ; Paul Asgeirsson
>  Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:32 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Spridgets] What to use to clean an engine for paint?
>
>
>        Paul,
>        Not a bad idea - and one I seem to remember doing as a teen-ager
> once
> in Tennessee.  Unfortunately, there seem to be no DIY car washes on Long
> Island.  This is the farthest North I've ever lived so I don't know the
> reasoning for it.  Could it be that they freeze and burst pipes up here?
> Could vanadlism be the reason?  Are people are too damn lazy to do it
> themselves?  The reason I have concluded (based on nothing other than my
> limited brain cells) is that land is so incredibly expensive here and the
> times of year when it is possible for frozen pipes to happen is so long
> that
> you can't make money on the deal.
>
>        Or they could be too lazy and likely to tear it up for fun here.
>
>        David Booker
>        '71 Midget
>        Long Island


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