I wonder how hard it would be to make such a thing. I assume it is not
much more that an electric kettle with a means of directing the steam.
Is there any sort of pop-off valve as a safety device?
Randy
On 04/10/2013 1:57 PM, clay wrote:
It is one of the little home steam cleaning machines. I picked it up at
Goodwill for ten bucks. Mostly used it to sterilize rental homes. Good on
urine and encrusted gunk on bathroom floors. Got to do an adequate job on the
underside of a car.
Little yellow one pint model with a hose and attachments. I used the steam
nozzle and patience.
clay
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
On Oct 4, 2013, at 12:54 AM, Gerry Archer wrote:
Where did you get the steamer, Clay? My pressure washer is a PIA with all the
water flying around, and it doesn't do a very good job anyway.
Thanks,
Gerry
From: "clay" <redgh...@comcast.net>
#1 boy finally decided that he would show some interest in his car. We had
been working on making the car functional enough to pass state inspection so it
could be registered. Got that out of the way and he slacked off. With the W140
on the road, he wants to put some shine to it.
Anyway, he drags me out to see what is making the grease spots on the street
where he parks. From the top it looks like nothing, but I get him to put it on
ramps and take off the covers. It is a pit under there and the belly pans are
loaded with asphalt and crud. Gave the pans a good scrubbing and they are ten
pound lighter.
We scraped the crap off the underside of the engine. Soaked it with citrus
degreaser. No matter how much we dosed it, the stuff kept flowing off black
and thick. Wire brush to the cruddy parts with thick coating and found aged
cosmoline or some yellowed coating. Brake cleaner cut the mounds of gunk on
top of the sub frames. Boy got it off ramps and drove it in the rain. When
he got back there was lots of oily drips all over the place. Looks like there
is a good leak going on.
Door locks and other vac stuff is not working. I got tired of dealing with the
kid whining about oil and gunk getting in his hair, so I told him to work on
the vac lines. I have no idea if the pump actually works, but he got happy
playing with my vac tester and making the door locks work. We will have to
figure out the rest of that mystery when he has another day off.
I spent the afternoon with the steam machine blasting away at the built up snot
on the oil pan and the rest of the stuff under there. It was flowing and
plopping all over, and the crust was disappearing to the point that what was
once black was beginning to look about 150k miles newer. I finally got it
clean enough that any new black drips will be very obvious and I will be able
to see any real leaks. And the underside is all shiny and pretty. Even found
that the suspension may have been replaced within the last 12k miles. All the
bolts, once cleaned, were looking like new. I can see that this 300SE could be
a sweet ride for show and shine. Now I am going to have to spend a number of
hours with the steamer getting Frosch ready
clay
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