Brass brush? -D
> On Mar 31, 2018, at 6:03 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Its aluminum. I won't take a power tool to it. Scraping is slow with a > razor blade. about 1/16th to 1/32 of a square inch at a time, if you get a > good bite. Most of the time you don't get a good bite. Still a danger of > gouging the aluminum. THe $ hit is probably 5-10 thousandths " thick. Too > thick to get a good seal with a new gasket. I think I have most of the first > one scraped down to where the $ hit is only .001 to .003 thick. > > Tried denatured alcohol. It made the thick spots easier to see, but no > solvent qualities I could see. I might try paint stripper next. I got so > disgusted I quit for today. > >> G Mann via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> March 31, 2018 at 4:35 PM >> If you are scraping gasket material off of a cast iron surface, I've found >> the Harbor Freight vibration saw [the one on sale for $15 ] with the >> scraper blade that can be bought for it, is the best thing since canned >> beer. >> >> If the stuck gasket is on aluminum... proceed at your own caution, The tool >> can get pretty aggressive and I fear damage to the surface would / could >> happen. >> >> On cast material.. .Bobs your uncle. I peeled a 40 yr old head gasket off >> heads and block that would otherwise only come off with a surface grinder. >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
