[AJD] Rust scales in block - Help???

[Michael Ostrander]

Dean-
Try using your shop vac on top and having someone blow air from below.  If
you use the narrow attachment you can slip a coat hanger down in there to
knock anything loose that gets stuck.  Not high tech but should allow for
sufficient circulation of water.

Secondly, the electrolysis tank does not have to be huge.  I went to a
discount department store and got a large plastic storage bin on wheels for
around $10.  That holds most of the parts I have used the magic of
electrolysis on so far.

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From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of
Dean VP
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 1:15 PM
To: AT JD
Subject: [AJD] Rust scales in block - Help???


When I pulled the Upper Water Pipe assembly off of my 1953 60 there was a
bunch of long slivers of rust scale that dropped into the block cavity. Must
have broken loose off the inside of the pipe. These were maybe an inch wide
by two to three inches. I removed those that didn't fall all the way into
the block cooling chamber. Now I'm concerned about those that did fall in.
They are big enough to block some passages.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get these back out? Blow up through
the head drain plug?  Try to grab them with a tool of some sort?  Soak the
block cooling chamber in some kind of chemical to dissolve them? Turn the
tractor upside down? :-)  I sure as heck don't want to take the head and
block off of this thing just for this problem. The tractor runs too good. I
don't need to get into the guts of this thing.

HelP????

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door


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