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Mornin bud

 

You too

 

@Tacoma Mike

I did a little cleaning today. You wouldn't even need gloves to work on this one.

 

Also waxed Mama's ride. Terrible garage picture

 

*Gratuitous repost

 

Sweet. Must be nice to have all that free time. I don’t even have time to hand wash my truck

 

Had a 4 day weekend. So I had more time than I normally do. Back to reality tomorrow.

But in addition to the engine.....I cleaned inside and out on the rig too.

Another terrible garage pic.



And even cleaned up the Hippie Egg.

 

I have never attempted an engine wash other than a rinse with a hose. What all does that entail? Your truck looks very nice.

 

Ty
Much respect

 

Yea
Four day weekend? Rub that in my face too. LOL

 

I guess it depends on how dirty it is. I wash mine down 3 or 4 times a year....so it never gets that bad.

One misconception people have is that the engine compartment can't get wet. But in reality it's not a sealed environment and is designed to fend off a certain degree of moisture.

I never use a pressure washer.....though if done carefully it's ok. But you risk forcing water into places that it otherwise couldn't get into.

I use a 50/50 mixture of Simple Green in a pressure pump sprayer. I start with a cold engine. I wet down the fenders and front end first with water. Then I spray the entire dry engine with the Simple Green and let it sit for a couple of minutes while I use a soft brush on a pole to clean the backsides of the hood. After that I rinse everything down with cold, low pressure water from the garden hose.



Then I start it up and let it run for a couple of minutes. Then I shut it down and towel off everything I can reach. Leave the hood up and let it dry out thoroughly for a couple of hours. Takes less than 15 minutes to do.

Pro tip: Before you begin, remove the little stopper nipple from the oil filter collar so the water will drain out.

 

This is the abyss aka my current nightmare
Weather is unseasonably warm and temps should hold over 50 tonight for the internal paint to cure properly on one section here

Stock pee frame coating went to pot

 

What did you go with?

 

Eastwood green and black ifc
Spent nearly $100 on this stuff and still need at least 4 more cans to finish this next year

 

Ok good. You scared me for a second. Thought I was looking at the rubber coating of death.

 

I did have it rubber coated when it was new because that is what the toyota dealers around here use still to this dayThat rubber stuff all washed off a couple years ago at the power undercarriage wash to my surprise what was underneath in certain spots but nothing real major found