Oil Pan Prep

One of the fun (not) things about the ford L6 250 is that the oil pan has to drop before you can remove the timing cover. I suppose I could've left it hanging there, but I felt I should clean up the pan and put in a new gasket. It's been 40 years, after all.

Anyway, here are some pictures of the pan cleanup process.

This is mean-ass, catpiss-smelling shit. Swish it around to mix it up before pouring. and DO_FUCKING_NOT get it on your skin. Wear gloves and goggles and all that. When using a brush, make sure the backspatter doesn't get on your fat little leg. Trust me on this.

Instructions say to pour it in a metal container for applyin'

Spread it on the filthy thing. My thought was that if it could take off paint, it could take off crud. I was right.

Magical.

 Filthy, filthy magic.

Nice to see that paint bubble up.

 Inside ain't that clean. Wonder what it'll do.

Not bad.

This was on the high edges of the pan, where the Krud Kutter didn't reach. It cut right through after 5 minutes.

Lookin' good.

 Got some nice Ford blue on these bad boys.