[TR] Cleaning Aluminum

[A Daniel Cronin]

List---I agree with TAW, if you spend the $$$ on Hermans kit, then spending another $600 on a rebuild makes a lot of sense.  I sent mine to a co. in Florida and for a set fee of $600 they R&R and replace anything that it needs.  Very sastified.  Co. is ManTran and you can contact via the internet.  Cost me $60 each way via Fedx from MI.  Good Luck

TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman at razzolink.com> wrote:  First of all, since it is a non stock gearbox I think I can safely 
assume you are building a driver and not a concourse showboat. so there 
is no reason to make the gearbox look new.

Get a can or two of engine degreaser advertised as OK for aluminum 
engines and follow the directions. There is no need to overly clean or 
polish a gearbox that is going to sit behind an engine, out of site and 
exposed to what the road throws at it. If you are not going to open it 
up, just get the surface grease off and offer it up.

If it were me with a used gearbox on the ground that will go into a 
driver, I'd open it up to give it an inspection & at least renew the 
syncros. But thats admittedly because I don't like working on cars & 
want as long an interval as possible between bouts of shipfitters disease.

TeriAnn
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