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Old May 6, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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I want to clean the body and i'm using a pressure washer on most of it. When the car was running,I've pressure washed the engine and compartment, and never thought once about damageing anthing, so before i pressure wash the firewall, is there anything I shouldn't do? its all still on there, wires, hoses,wiper motor,etc. I haven't touched a thing yet,and don't want to do damage. any advice guys??
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Shouldn't hurt anything. Just cover the dist and bag the carb. Spray everything down with Simple green and get after it. Much better to work on a clean one than a nasty one.
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Thanks 6 FTR, I suspected so but wanted to be sure. the carb and dist. won't be a problem
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Originally Posted by Timmijoe
Thanks 6 FTR, I suspected so but wanted to be sure. the carb and dist. won't be a problem
neither will anything else

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Shouldn't hurt anything. Just cover the dist and bag the carb. Spray everything down with Simple green and get after it. Much better to work on a clean one than a nasty one.
Give her hell Tim.
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Originally Posted by SIXFOOTER
Shouldn't hurt anything. Just cover the dist and bag the carb. Spray everything down with Simple green and get after it. Much better to work on a clean one than a nasty one.
Yup. Did mine last week. Simple Green rules.

Last edited by RIJVETTES; May 7, 2007 at 02:08 AM. Reason: The engine should be off and the block cool before you spray. I'd be careful about using too much presssure on the body- pai
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