1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

[Jeffrey S.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

I have been using this for years and it always maintains the exact temp I set, has no flame, and no fumes that I can detect. Simply plug in and plate when heater turns off. It will turn back on when needed.
Jeff

[Tom R.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

Kevin, Jeff & Patrick
If its not too much trouble, post a picture of your setup, the Coleman's and the water heater probe. I look up Coleman's and there is a zillion options.

[Jeffrey S.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

Tom,
I will most likely be in my shop over this weekend sometime and will get picture for you.
Jeff

[Jeffrey S.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

Here are 2 pictures of the set up I use. It's a little crude and well used but it works. I use a clamp to hold the element in the bath and a bungee cord to hold the thermostat on the side of the pail. I tried to rotate first photo but could n ot.
Jeff

[Patrick H.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

I used mine today but didn't see the request until after then.
It looks just like this, but a gold fuel tank as it's older.
It works great.

My stove uses white gas, not unleaded and not denatured alcohol.
I suspect you could use a newer one that uses the canisters if you want, but the older white gas ones are easily available on Marketplace, etc.

[Kevin S.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

Hi Tom,
I'm so sorry about the delay. Your request for pics ending up in my email junk folder and I did not see it until today (02/27/2024). Here is my Coleman stove and parkerizing setup that I use. It was my wife's idea to put all my stuff on this push cart, she is WAY smarter than me and better organized. Pics are taken indoors but I do all of my parkerizing outdoors. I also have a 6' plastic folding table that I sit adjacent to my stove where I put all my stuff while I am parkerizing.

Stainless steel pots with vented glass lids and baskets from Walmart
Cheap tongs to turn and move parts from Walmart
Thin temperature probes from Walmart - I have three of them, one for each pot and one spare
Chemical gloves from Harbour Freight
Goggles from Lowes
Parkerizing solutions from Palmetto Enterprise
Push cart from Harbour Freight
Coleman 2-burner Camp Stove I've had forever, don't recall where it came from. Camping World I think?
I do use the Coleman all-purpose propane green screw-on bottles for my setup


Kevin

[Tom R.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

That's a serious setup! Must be production level. LOL I have the push cart.

Thanks all for the photos...helps to get the right stuff from the start

[Kevin S.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

Update on parkerizing:

I parkerized a few parts 2/29/2024 and wanted to add one more detail that I discovered by trial and error to clean my stainless steel pots, baskets, tongs, temperature probe tips. This stuff works absolutely great at removing the scale buildup left in the bottom of the pots after parkerizing and on the surface of other metal parts....

Rust-Oleum Rust Dissolver solution - got it from Ace Hardware.

Pour a small amount in bottom of scaled pot, sit maybe 3 minutes, wipe clean with shop towels. Pots inside look brand new again. Pour a little into shop towel and wipe off temperature probe and bottom of pots and my removable baskets.

Kevin

[Patrick H.]

Re: 1969 350 Hp Valve Cover Restoration (Before & After)

Update on parkerizing:

I parkerized a few parts 2/29/2024 and wanted to add one more detail that I discovered by trial and error to clean my stainless steel pots, baskets, tongs, temperature probe tips. This stuff works absolutely great at removing the scale buildup left in the bottom of the pots after parkerizing and on the surface of other metal parts....

Rust-Oleum Rust Dissolver solution - got it from Ace Hardware.

Pour a small amount in bottom of scaled pot, sit maybe 3 minutes, wipe clean with shop towels. Pots inside look brand new again. Pour a little into shop towel and wipe off temperature probe and bottom of pots and my removable baskets.

Kevin

Thanks for the tip.

I've just left the layer inside my pots that develops, and it doesn't seem to get any thicker or hinder the process.
Yes, I would like them clean but I don't mind simple either.