cleaning laum trans cases

FED 387 · 03-13-2009, 05:35 PM

Anybody got a good way to clean all the crud from the outside of aluminum trans cases??? Just picked up some donor Powerglides with lots of crud on the outside---would like to make them look like new castings --anybody know how to do it ??? baking- blasting or what ??? thanx comp 387

Alan Roehrich · 03-13-2009, 06:50 PM

Get them fairly warm (150 degrees or so if possible). Soak them down several times with oven cleaner, so that the crud is saturated completely. High pressure wash them. That should get them fairly clean, but old fashioned hand labor may be required, and you may have to repeat the process. Any removal of the thick stuff before soaking and washing will help. Eagle One etching aluminum wheel cleaner will remove a lot of the stains, once you get the crud off.

FED 387 · 03-13-2009, 09:47 PM

thanx Alan--- I new I could count on you for an idea---Comp 387

henrys57wagon · 03-14-2009, 07:24 AM

See what a local tranny shop would charge, may not be more when you take in the time and material it takes to clean the tranny, Henry.

rayfin · 04-05-2009, 10:35 AM

http://www.shaklee.net/ordersite/product/00015

I actually used to use this stuff and it worked really well. It's a lot more non-toxic. I'd brush it and then power wash it. And no I don't sell it.

FED 387 · 04-05-2009, 12:41 PM

thanx for the replies--anybody ever tried soda blasting aluminum cases??? I have seen heads and blocks done this way look awfully good when finished---Comp 387

03-13-2009, 05:35 PM	#1
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,410 Likes: 507 Liked 329 Times in 177 Posts	cleaning laum trans cases Anybody got a good way to clean all the crud from the outside of aluminum trans cases??? Just picked up some donor Powerglides with lots of crud on the outside---would like to make them look like new castings --anybody know how to do it ??? baking- blasting or what ??? thanx comp 387

03-13-2009, 06:50 PM	#2
Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,095 Likes: 1,542 Liked 1,772 Times in 402 Posts	Re: cleaning laum trans cases Get them fairly warm (150 degrees or so if possible). Soak them down several times with oven cleaner, so that the crud is saturated completely. High pressure wash them. That should get them fairly clean, but old fashioned hand labor may be required, and you may have to repeat the process. Any removal of the thick stuff before soaking and washing will help. Eagle One etching aluminum wheel cleaner will remove a lot of the stains, once you get the crud off. __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S

03-13-2009, 09:47 PM	#3
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,410 Likes: 507 Liked 329 Times in 177 Posts	Re: cleaning laum trans cases thanx Alan--- I new I could count on you for an idea---Comp 387

03-14-2009, 07:24 AM	#4
henrys57wagon Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Carleton Place, On. Canada Posts: 107 Likes: 5 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: cleaning laum trans cases See what a local tranny shop would charge, may not be more when you take in the time and material it takes to clean the tranny, Henry. __________________ old 1608 stock racer

04-05-2009, 10:35 AM	#5
rayfin Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sioux city Posts: 134 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: cleaning laum trans cases http://www.shaklee.net/ordersite/product/00015 I actually used to use this stuff and it worked really well. It's a lot more non-toxic. I'd brush it and then power wash it. And no I don't sell it.

04-05-2009, 12:41 PM	#6
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,410 Likes: 507 Liked 329 Times in 177 Posts	Re: cleaning laum trans cases thanx for the replies--anybody ever tried soda blasting aluminum cases??? I have seen heads and blocks done this way look awfully good when finished---Comp 387