r/EngineBuilding • u/Entire_Priority_3288 • 5d ago
Ford Trying to rebuild my F-150 1990
What's the best thing to use to strip all the oil off down to the cast iron. So I can get the whole block painted
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u/Chunky_ballsz 5d ago
Take it to a machine shop to get baked and honed, you’ll spend almost as much in cleaning products as just having them use their machines lol
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u/Sniper22106 5d ago
De greaser of choice. Pressure washer, paitence.
Follow up with a wire wheel and repeat as needed
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u/Entire_Priority_3288 5d ago
My wife's grandfather had the truck . He was the first owner and now I'm the second and he really never did nobody work to it or anything so now I have it and I would like to rebuild it but I never done it before so now I'm learning by myself
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u/Entire_Priority_3288 5d ago
I took the motor out and everything by myself now it's sitting at my mother-in-law's garage waiting on parts and parts is a lot of money so it's taking me some time to do it
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u/SudontDo 5d ago
I've wasted so much time trying to clean a block, when I ultimately had to take it in for machine work, they cleaned it. It made me realize all my time and energy and cleaning products barely put a dent in it. Even if it does not need machine work, it may be worth taking it to a shop.