[TR] Carefully Cleaning a TR3 Engine Block

[Dave Willner]

I have a photo of my painted block still intact. I have washed the engine 
several times over the years and it still retains it "patina...."

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r237/davewillner/TR3paintonblock.jpg

Dave Willner
Stroudsburg, PA
59 TR3A Apple Green
70 MGB BRG
70 BSA 441 Victor Special

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill beecher" <bill_beecher at flash.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:30 PM
Subject: [TR] Carefully Cleaning a TR3 Engine Block


> Hit a snag at the machine shop today, they are afraid to clean the block 
> for
> fear of removing the orange "TR3" that was hand painted on the block at 
> the
> factory.   Their normal process calls for baking the block then putting it
> into a tumbler where it is blasted with steel shot.
>
> I understand from he VTR Judging guide the value to retaining this orange
> notation on the original engine for my car, mine is about 75% completely
> visible, but not sure what the safest way to thoroughly clean the block,
> inside and out, to prepare it for a complete rebuild.  So far, the 
> strongest
> thing I have used is Gunk and a pressure washer at the local car wash. 
> Or,
> am I being too anal and no-one really cares?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill B
> '58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
> It's in a 'zillion' pieces... but I think about it every day!
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