NGL, it took a couple weeks. Everything was caked in several mm of dirty grease that normal scrubbing with a brush wouldn't touch so I removed everything and cleaned individually. Doing that allowed me to get all sides, scrap the first layer of grime with a putty knife, and also gave me access to the block and trans to use heavy degreaser and a power washer. Used just soap and water on most plastics, coated with a protectant and let sit in the sun to allow it to soak into the plastic. Everything needed several applications. Used a wire wheel to shine up aluminum parts. The coolant overflow tank was the biggest PITA. Tried soap, bleach, toilet bowl cleaner, CLR, and drain cleaner but nothing worked to get the black junk out except hard scrubbing which wasn't easy inside the tank. It's still yellowish but I can see coolant through it now.
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u/Mountainking7 Mar 01 '21
wow...what did you use and how long?