small parts cleaning

Do you use the Chicken Margherita Sauce as the "caustic cleaning juice"?

Actually, that's pretty clever... Might just come in handy in the next few weeks, if it ever warms up out in the garage!!

i use a big glass pickle jar full of paint thinner.  drop stuff in it, give it a shake, let sit overnight and use a magnet to pull out

i'd guess that the thinner or cleaner would eat the plastic food container ?? have you tried this Carl?

No...I haven't tried it yet...Just had the Chicken Margarita for lunch!!

Do you think tequila would work?

Might not get many parts cleaned.....

I don't think Carl would get past inhaling the Tequila vapors........

I am cleaning up some old 356 engine lid hinges.   I am using vinegar, takes longer than commercially produced cleaners, but it's certainly safer. Paint, rust all just peel off.

You can "Turbo Charge" the vinegar with lemon juice.

Gordon; Thread drift here:  I can only find one wheel stop screw to the pitman arm.  Is the other also located on the tri angle bracket? If photos would help, let me know.

I tossed some connecting rods into vinegar for a couple of hours and it turned them black. The rust was gone but they are stained now.  I would hate to see what turbo charged vinegar will do.  Did I leave them in too long?  Are the rods pickled now?

I have no idea, my hinges are now a typical metal gray, all the rust is gone and the paint scrapes right off.

Art:

Hang on a bit.  Pearl's up on jack stands so I can get a photo by lunchtime.

gn

OK, here you go, but this is from a 1969 pan - your's may look a bit different:

This shows BOTH left and right steering limit adjusters.  One side of the pitman arm contacts one bolt, and the other side of the pitman arm (and much farther out) contacts the other bolt head.  Both bolt heads are adjustable for different size tires, etc.

The bolts are 6mm or 8mm with locking nuts.

Gordon is it safe to put 2 jacks under the lower axle beam, (not on the lube nipples) so that I may turn the steering and adjust these 2 screws?

Your picture made it perfectly clear!  And by the way your earlier post about tire rubs etc. is exactly the problem I discovered, (this all was noticed in my attempt to install louder horns 120 decibel)  Thanks so much!

Art

Fpcopo;

I just put the hinges on a wire brush wheel on a counter top grinder.  The polished up nicely, but now you can see the age pitting, but they look better.  You might try extra fine 0000 steel wool pads.

Art, before I bought my scissor hoist I often jacked up my IM (in the center) and put my jack stands under the lower tubes.

Art:

Just to make you (and me) feel better, I have ALWAYS put Pearl up on jack stands by positioning them under the lower torsion bar housing, as far outward as I felt comfortable with.

As I've gotten older (let's not go there) I find myself trying to set her up higher and higher.   This time, I seem to have run out of jack stand height.  Or my arms are getting longer.

Gordon, it's like working on the underside of my IM's dash.  It takes me 15 seconds to lower myself onto my back and slide into position and two minutes to (painfully) inch my way back out.

Luckily, I have an understanding wife that will bring me tools and parts when I yell.

I noticed in photos of last year's caravan 'lunch stop' Cory wedged up under his dash. Even though he's far more agile than I am he had the good sense to remove the steering wheel so he could fiddle around on his hip instead of being pinned on his back.

I've made a mental note to seek instructions and then do a 'Steering Wheel Removal Dryrun'.... along with a driver's seat removal too!

Carl;

Isn't there a click on click off hub, that would make this quick?  I certainly wouldn't have the tools at the time I needed to dive.  I think some folks use these ez off ez on as theft deterrent. What thief is driving around with a Nardi hub and steering wheel?

Art

Art, it certainly seems reasonable that there is some adaptation that makes removing the wheel quick and easy, but that would be an unnecessary feature for me. All I need to do is learn the steps to confidently remove and replace it.

Trying to attempt ANYTHING on back, at my age, whether squeezed under the car or painfully contorted under the dash, isn't very productive...and sure as hell isn't much fun!  

Cory has a quick-release hub on his car.

Of course he would!

Cory engineered his ride for 'quick turn-a-round' pit stop fiddling...I'm surprised he doesn't have spin-off Rudge wheels.

My VS suits my temperament and capabilities.

It was engineered for the cautious, deliberate, hesitant... and usually confused.