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Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:03 pm**

Lightrunner wrote:
Archie wrote:
Lightrunner wrote:Has anyone here tried Autosol?
Get a cheap bench grinder, £20, and a buffing wheel.

You just have to take the headers off......
Sounds clever.... if I can ask another dumb question which bit's the header?

That's the curly wurly pipe that goes from the sticky out cylinders to the crapalytic converter under the enginey bit.

HTH

Paul

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:32 pm**

Boxadog 2000 wrote:
Contains 6% hydroflouric acid and 20% nitric acid feck knows what the rest is

Works fine for me saves ages on polishing

Jesus God - who CARES what the rest is!!!

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:32 pm**

Lightrunner wrote:Has anyone here tried Autosol?

I've found that works well to restor metalwork although it feels like you're doing most of the hardword.

I was in SPC the other day and some bloke asked for some Autosol. Blokey behind the parts said they didn't have any... till I pointed out there were 2 tubes in the cabinet about 4ft from his nose. Blokey flashes them against the barcode reader.... £2 a tube! Fecking heck - that MUST be wrong. Surely a BM agent would charge more than that for the box

Jason

ps.. and taking the headers off CAN lead to a fair amount of trouble

Ask anyone who's had to remove corroded M6's from the under enginey bit area where the hot noisy tubey bits meet... or Julian with his wanked header stud

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:23 pm**

Pickling paste is commonly used in all stainless fabrication shops yes it does have some nasty properties but one would assume that your average R1100s rider is not a complete numpty, you would not go splashing it around like jizer or such.

When I did mine I had on a pair of regular marigolds and a pair of safety specs result = to 2/3 hours with abrasive as I said it wont get rid of scabby pipe syndrome you will only do this with abrasives

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:12 pm**

Lightrunner wrote:which bit's the header?

The front exhaust pipes from the cylinder heads to the cat or y piece behind the engine. Usually recognisable by the buildup of crud!

Posted: **Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:49 am**

Boxadog 2000 wrote:When I did mine I had on a pair of regular marigolds and a pair of safety specs

Was that a saturday night then Bob??

Posted: **Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:56 am**

Boxadog 2000 wrote:When I did mine I had on a pair of PINK marigolds

Gawd, have you NO shame?

Pauline

Posted: **Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:26 pm**

Oh my secret is out

Posted: **Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:27 pm**

Bob - many thanks for the you-know-whats.

You're a star

(now if that doesn't sound iffy, nothing does)

Posted: **Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:46 pm**

Gromit wrote:Bob - many thanks for the you-know-whats.

You're a star

(now if that doesn't sound iffy, nothing does)

Pink marigolds?

Posted: **Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:08 pm**

Paul wrote:
Gromit wrote:Bob - many thanks for the you-know-whats.

You're a star

(now if that doesn't sound iffy, nothing does)
Pink marigolds?

Posted: **Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:15 pm**

Actually they are yellow

Posted: **Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:54 pm**

Boxadog 2000 wrote:Actually they are yellow

Same colour as your eyes then?

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Bob!!