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bstreep · #4 06-01-2001, 01:36 PM

There is no "easy" way. A pressure washer works ok, but you end up getting really nasty. The best way is to remove the entire subframe. Over the years I've owned the car I've had a chance to clean up most of the front end. About once a month when washing the car, I'll take a can of Gunk and squirt it underneath the car, then hose it off with high pressure. It takes a while, but the difference between now and then is amazing. Also, when I redid my pivot seals last summer I cleaned and repainted both sides of my front end. Unbelievable how much crud there was. Last weekend when I replaced a seal I'd torn last summer, it was still almost spotless. This summer (I live in South Texas, and we have Summer Projects instead of Winter Projects) I'm going to detail the engine compartment. I need to pull the carbs anyway, rebuild the generator, which means pulling the radiator (4 bolts, about 10 minutes, believe it or not!). So, I'll pull the heaters (I rebuilt the drivers side a few years ago) and clean and paint everything.