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White70JavelinSST
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Stoddard solvent, rubbing alcohol, electric parts cleaner in an aerosol can, Simple Green and hot water, Dawn dish soap and hot water, there's lots of common household cleaners that will get rid of the majority of the grime. The foam filter will never look like new though even after cleaning, the stains won't come out.
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70 Javelin SST, second owner, purchased 1972
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360MDJav
AMC Addicted Joined: Feb/18/2012 Location: Georgia Status: Offline Points: 640 |
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Here's a pic of the new Stant caps, part number 10084. I got a chuckle when I pulled
the filter out of this one. Looks like a 3 year old trimmed it out of a bigger piece. |
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1970 Big Bad Orange Donohue
1971 ADPS Javelin 1973 Javelin/AMX 401 |
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FSJunkie
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/09/2011 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Status: Offline Points: 4741 |
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I also like to wet the filter with some oil just to help it filter out dirt even better. Any dirt that gets past that filter gets into the engine. It's a pet peeve of mine to see breathers plugged up. They're supposed to be cleaned every oil change. |
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1955 Packard
1966 Marlin 1972 Wagoneer 1973 Ambassador 1977 Hornet 1982 Concord D/L 1984 Eagle Limited |
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uncljohn
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/03/2013 Location: Peoria AZ Status: Offline Points: 5394 |
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Dickie, many suggestions have been made. I would not use carburetor cleaner as it is similar if not equal to acetone which is pretty raspy. There is a product some times found called Spray Nine which is pretty good at removing a lot of grime with out damaging things. I buy it by the gallon and it is universaly used around the house. Harbor freight has a heavy duty part cleaner that is about $25.00 a gallon but it is a friendly product that is incredible as to what it cleans up and yes it will too remove paint but it is water soluble and is environmentally friendly. I just used it to clean the inside and outside of an oil pan off of an engine I am assembling. Expensive yes, but incredibly efficient. I would use either of these products to clean the part you want to clean. Plastic is safe with it, well either of them, and you can flush things down a drain.
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70 390 5spd Donohue
74 Hornet In restoration 76 Hornet, 5.7L Mercury Marine Power 80 Fuel Injected I6 Spirit 74 232 I-6, 4bbl, 270HL Isky Cam |
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360MDJav
AMC Addicted Joined: Feb/18/2012 Location: Georgia Status: Offline Points: 640 |
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It's easier to just replace the filter material. You can purchase it at any auto parts store, no harsh chemicals and no dirt and deteriorating filter material falling into the intake.
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1970 Big Bad Orange Donohue
1971 ADPS Javelin 1973 Javelin/AMX 401 |
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amxdreamer
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/30/2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 8494 |
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I agree, why try and clean something that is so cheap to replace? No chance of contaminants or breaking down old materials ruining a good motor :) |
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Tony
Vancouver, BC 1970 AMX 1972 Badassador AMO#10333 |
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dltowers
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"Good As New After 40 Years"....
I was able to clean the media filament material inside the oil cap by using a military grade product called, "Grez Ez". Sprayed the material, let it soak about 30 minutes, wash and rinse with hot water, and the material looks very good with no remaining oil residue: Edited by dltowers - Feb/04/2015 at 1:32am |
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Original Owner, 1974 Javelin:
360ci,2v,727TC. Motorola Multiplex with 8-Track. G4 Plum exterior with 421Q Black Uganda Interior. Purchased on July 16, 1974 from Hooker AMC, Sherman, TX for $4500.20 |
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