removing paint from engine

[sailfish]

I just bought a 1957 pan that was rebuilt and the hole bottom end was painted wrinkle black is there any way to remove the paint with out taking the moter apart

[vph-d]

You might try something like Easy Off oven cleaner.
VPH-D

[Chris Haynes]

Easy Off works well. warm engine make it work better. Set it in the hot sun.

[sailfish]

Thanks for the help will try easy off thanks agin

[oldsouthmcy]

Easy-Off works well on chrome exhaust pipes. However I would not use it on aluminum crankcases. Where aluminum is concerned, it is highly corrosive. The chances of it etching the cases are likely as the paint dissolves.

Check this post from HD Forums

http://www.hdforums.com/forum/detail...nightmare.html

Fabes does resolve the etching from the oven cleaner by polishing his cases, but polishing is not a good resolution for original panhead cases.

[TRADEMARK]

I just did a 1952 Panhead motor that was painted. Used orange sented Homer Formby's paint remover. Bought at WalMart? Let it set for maybe 10-15 minutes and then used a soft brass wire brush to get at the tough spots. Washes up with soap and water. Worked pretty well. Had to do some detail picking with a sharpened dowl rod.

Tony