Calling all experts - interior head cleaning question

[jeffwho]

Short and sweet - got my head decked and I assumed that it was also cleaned. Well, turns out I might have assumed too much, AND of course I was to F-scripting stupid to ask any questions at the time. Can do tomorrow, but for now -in hopes I can sleep tonight- I have this question.


You may recall that eons ago I was pondering the best way to clean the greasy funk in the cooling system.  I ran the SuperDouche through several times, and though cleaner than it had been in the past I knew that it couldn't possibly have been as good as it needed to be.   I mean, this is ME we're talking about.

Fast forward to just a while ago. I decided to come home and fiddle with the jeep instead of the work I had to do. Quick trip to the auto mart 'cos I am too dumb to get everything at once, back to the house.  Apply thread sealant, gasket goes on OK, and then the head.   THIS is when bad things happen.   As I tipped the head over to try and get the best angle to mount it, crumbs of what was left of the gunk in the head tumbled down into the cylinder.   What the FORD!   Panic, of course, takes over.  I set the head aside, turn the crank to clean up the debris ( and of course I am just too damned dumb to not think there was MORE ) and try it again.    Amazeballs!   Same shit.    Tools and insults flying, aside goes the head and I started to wonder how to clean it.   Inside (wish I could post a pic) is some leftover gunk rubble, and scratching with a scribe will make it come off.  One whole brake cleaner cap full after one series of scratching away ... NO WAY can I put this on, knowing that carp is in there.  It'll put me back at square one faster than Schiller buys brass nuts!

{FINALLY} my question.   Any good, better or best way to soak-clean this crap out of the head?  Thoughts that came to me was to try white vinegar, Evapo-Rust or some similar solvent.   Don't have any on hand.   So, before wasting time, money and more effort I wanted to ask if any of y'all WAY more experienced actual mechanics know a secret which I can try to get this thing cleaned up.  I just know that it's impossible to get at all the nooks and crannies in the head.

Poor Moosey, he's such a good sport, and always helpful.  Thankfully he hasn't changed his phone number.  YET.     /Golden Girls theme/

[Haines Garage]

Jeff my friend, listen closely to me.
Pull that whole Willys Civilian engine out of that GPW.
Take the whole thing. Block, Rods, Head, Crank, Flywheel, camshaft, etc to Simmons Machine Shop. Have the block and the head hot tanked. You will still have to clean them. Quit Fing around with the head. It will do you no good to put a milled head on a cracked warped block.
You are my good SC brother. Please listen to me . You are going to do irreparable damage, and destroy that engine. Tell you what. The Mrs and I can ride out to Summerville this Saturday. Maybe Bo Bo and his family can come as well. We don't have to do anything special. Just let me look as what you have. I will bring you your shirts and you can sell me the 44 blankets. Or we could just do the guys. I also want to borrow the stencils you have. STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW...
OVER!!!!!
What say you....

[jeffwho]

Hmmmm. I'm this close to getting back on the road and possibly attend a couple display events with this bastard. Your advice is solid, I know, but at this point I don't have the hoist, room, ducats and many other things I would need to accomplish that mission. We looked the block over, and though there are cracks they are very small, and nowhere near the cylinders. I might even be able to use some epoxy on them, not sure.
This is something that would involve more detailed discussion. This weekend will be veru busy, not sure that will work out but I will try to figure out
Damn I really need to get set up to post pics ..

[Deleted]

I bet you don't have the time or $ for an engine overhaul and you've pissed Tim off so he isn't going to buy you one.

What about this for a short term band aid?

link

Guys in Britain were raving about it.

[Deleted]

Go down to your local car wash and hot pressure wash the crap out of it. Spray all the jacket holes. That's your quickest best option. Be ready to get it back in your face., so take your safety glasses along. You may have to put your foot on it too. Blow it out with air when done. Oilly

[jeffwho]

O'reilly sells a parts solvent wash in 5-gal buckets, reason I thought about that route is that the semi-dried "crumbs" of goo have a petroleum-ish smell and feel. I thought about doing that THEN going to the car wash. I have a pressure washer, but it's not hot water, so figured that would be akin to whispering at the clouds. MOBA would kill me if I boiled the head in her good spaghetti pot! Moosey, lemme borrow some crockery!

[surveypunk]

Read the title of your thread and immediately thought "Moonshine", then read your OP and realized you were talking about your engine.

Right?

JB

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Feb 4, 2016 14:58:08 GMT -5 surveypunk said:

Read the title of your thread and immediately thought "Moonshine", then read your OP and realized you were talking about your engine.

Right?

JB

Hahahahahaha....I assumed engine, but now I'm not so sure!

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[Deleted]

I love the tasteing cup! I wonder if he can get up from where he sits.

[jeffwho]

He's definitely leaning up against that woman - I MEAN BARREL. "Careful, the 'white lightnin' can skew your vision Cletus."

[brianjenkins]

I have mine soaking in 'the works' at the moment...

[jeffwho]

After succumbing to laziness last night after work, then committing harikiri via Taquitos, I'm waiting for the inspiration to strike to get up off the sofa, turn off the EPL match and get cracker. I mean crackin. I did spend a moment sourcing some "Ford grey paint" after reading a very silly discussion on "Da Ali G503" ...

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IMHO, Mr. Jenkins has the best plan, "The Works".... This will loosen all deposits and crap from all surfaces.

[jeffwho]

3 hour rotations in the purple stuff - top half, bottom half and some swirly action. Attempting also to clean out the radiator, and using some fine sandpaper I think I've isolated some missed solder areas so hope those are fixable

I've got to have her on the road for a March event, so I'm working. When I'm soaking the head, I hand-made a bracket to mount the dummy-side step gas can bracket. This has been a wildly productive day for a change.

One bit to add:   After squidging the purple douche throughout the radiator (again upside down and right-side up an hour a time) and thoroughly washing it out, I dropped off my radiator to "DJ Booyah T" since he offered to drop some sick rhymes on it.  I identified a couple of leaks, but luckily I think they are at the top edges of connector tubes at top and bottom, so a quick braise job will hopefully knock that out.  Ol Moosey had been out fiddling with my parts before 0500 and has already water tested it!  Schlub like me couldn't ask for a better local font of knowledge and skillz.  Besides that, he's seen the result of my using tools, so in the interest of keeping my jeep safe (from me) he took my radiator (from me) and worked on it (while I was far away at work and couldn't "help") in his garage (with the door closed and locked, just in case I came by..)

Hoping to get her all buttoned up and on the road this weekend if possible!