LanceB
Well-known member
I have an 81 with a lot of black parts underneath the hood. Have been using armor-all on these to keep looking good. I wanted to see if anyone else does anything different to clean these parts and keep looking good.
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I used a product called wipe new. Its an as seen on TV product and works better than anything I've seen for old grey worn plastic stays black and shiny for 5 or 6 months, TerryLance,
I use Simple Green to clean a lot of things in the engine compartment... A few years ago I took the valve covers off and put new gaskets on. I cleaned up the covers using Gunk Carb Cleaner and a small wisk brush, then used Simple Green. One of my winter projects is to take the covers off and clean and paint, of course another set of new gaskets will be in order too.
It's a real pita to get these covers off, requires a lot of removing of other stuff. I haven't decided to tape the ridges or use a cloth and wipe the paint off, I'll know more when I have them on my work bench and can study it a bit more
I have a buddy that uses "Black New" or Black something on all his black engine components and swears by it. I've Never used it, so I don't know, other than his engine compartment looks mighty fine..
Bud