mattlad Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 i got divorced........for cleaning engine parts in the dish washer Women are lovely but why, O why don't they get the engine parts in the dishwasher / kitchen sink / table / lounge carpet thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Burnett Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Huh? I can stick engine parts in the dishwasher? Right, I'm definitely fitting one to Roe now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Huh? I can stick engine parts in the dishwasher? Right, I'm definitely fitting one to Roe now! Yes it's a well known technique. You can do it with computer motherboards too! I think three JP heads all in at once might be a bit heavy for the dishwasher though... MtB MtB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by'eck Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Yes it's a well known technique. You can do it with computer motherboards too! I think three JP heads all in at once might be a bit heavy for the dishwasher though... MtB MtB The Gunk you used in lieu of dishwasher tablets would leave a lovely smell though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I have to own up I've never tried it, but I bet ordinary dishwasher tabs work just as well as Gunk or Daz. Maybe Station Tug can advise... MtB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timleech Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Yes it's a well known technique. You can do it with computer motherboards too! I think three JP heads all in at once might be a bit heavy for the dishwasher though... MtB MtB The engine reconditioners that I use has a parts washers which really is just an overgrown dishwasher. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 The engine reconditioners that I use has a parts washers which really is just an overgrown dishwasher. Tim Cool! But what cleaning agent do they put in it? Gunk or Daz? MtB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timleech Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Cool! But what cleaning agent do they put in it? Gunk or Daz? MtB I'll try to remember to ask next time I'm there. It would probably take a whole JP crankcase, never mind the three heads, if it would handle the weight. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) A word of warning though. Don't get the dishwasher mixed up with the clothes washing machine. Martyn Edited February 1, 2014 by Nightwatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onionbargee Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Probably a soda blaster, works miracles that does, I hand the guy rusty junk, and get pristine metal back like it just left the Dursley foundry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timleech Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Probably a soda blaster, works miracles that does, I hand the guy rusty junk, and get pristine metal back like it just left the Dursley foundry. No, not the machine I'm referring to. It really is like a big dishewasher. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
station tug Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 we are dead posh up here in shropshire,,,vintage parts washer....lister cs running an old dish washer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Good grief, I thought I was good at keeping things running, some of that is heroic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 I've been known to put the odd thing in the dishwasher and am currently using the dining room as a paint shed. Small bits of boat laid out on the dining table. I always thought an industrial unit would be better to live in than a house. The offices would make living accomadation there would be loads of workshop space and the yard would have room for my greenhouse as well as the vehicles. There's a suitable unit just through the fence next to Hawne basin, really handy for working on the boat . Unlikely to happen though , cost and the planners would scupper that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 I've been known to put the odd thing in the dishwasher and am currently using the dining room as a paint shed. Small bits of boat laid out on the dining table. I always thought an industrial unit would be better to live in than a house. The offices would make living accomadation there would be loads of workshop space and the yard would have room for my greenhouse as well as the vehicles. There's a suitable unit just through the fence next to Hawne basin, really handy for working on the boat . Unlikely to happen though , cost and the planners would scupper that one. I like the way you think madcat. Thing is, the planners might have trouble scuppering it if you could prove you lived on the boat. They'd probably try to enforce you not living on the boat next, but you could claim you didn't, you lived in the industrial unit. It would hopefully take them years on end to pin you down! MtB P.S. Year ago when we first moved off the boat and into a house, we spent the first year living in one single room perfectly happily... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
station tug Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 I've been known to put the odd thing in the dishwasher and am currently using the dining room as a paint shed. Small bits of boat laid out on the dining table. I always thought an industrial unit would be better to live in than a house. The offices would make living accomadation there would be loads of workshop space and the yard would have room for my greenhouse as well as the vehicles. There's a suitable unit just through the fence next to Hawne basin, really handy for working on the boat . Unlikely to happen though , cost and the planners would scupper that one. when i was fitting "grace" out we had a security dog job that involved 24/7 cover on a huge empty warehouse.....we set up washer dryer..shower..and an amazing workshop...we rebuilt engines and did some fairly large projects there.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
station tug Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 iv been after 3 x head gaskets and 3 x sets of rings so i took it upon myself to have a ring round for some prices.....i really wanted genuine parts and some advice on a starter motor....prices came in at £220/£360 i found our local lister petter main agent as a long shot..i was shocked at the £200 quoted and they had them in stock..so iv gone for the genuine stuff and iv bought another 3 sets of each for the future.........i think the moral of the story here is dont just go for the big name remanufactuors of lister engine and part suppliers..sometimes a main agent is the cheapest and closest option!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proper Job Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Women are lovely but why, O why don't they get the engine parts in the dishwasher / kitchen sink / table / lounge carpet thing? I had one get upset when I had the cylinder head in the oven (on max) She then got even more excitable when I told her that the valve guides were in the freezer with the peas etc Seemed reasonable to me. ....... and the oven wouldn't have been smoking so much if it had been clean in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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