Date:         Thu, 11 Apr 1996 13:38:21 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         dlytle@as.arizona.edu (Dyer Lytle)
Subject:      Space Shuttle, cleaning heat risers?


In fact, just this noon, while walking over to the student union
for lunch, a 747 with a space shuttle piggy-backed flew over the
University of Arizona.  I hadn't expected it since I wasn't aware
of the shuttle schedule so it was a pleasent surprise to see it.

Lesse, VW content, VW content, .... Oh ya, yesterday I was
cleaning the carbon out of the heat risers on the intake
manifold I'm going to use on the engine I'm building for the
'66.  I used bent up hanger wire mostly and a power drill.
I got it fairly clean, and can blow air through quite freely,
but I'd like to get as much carbon as possible out of there.
Someone, in the vanagon@lenti archives, recommended putting
automatic transmission fluid in there and then heating it with
a propane torch.  Sounds strange.  Anyone tried this?  Anyone
have any other ideas about cleaning heat risers?

 -Dyer


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Dyer Lytle              
dlytle@as.arizona.edu   
HST NICMOS Project      
Steward Observatory     
University of Arizona   
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