Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

shawno72 · 04-08-2012, 10:02 AM

Picked this up from a fellow board member and thought this has got to be the dirtiest thing I have ever seen

Well I got to thinking, I bet you all got a tale or some pics of some very dirty parts over the years. Needless to say after some time with a scraper, some degreaser and a trip to the car wash it looks a thousand times better. Let's see what you got...here's what I started with

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shawno72 · 04-08-2012, 03:37 PM

Ttt
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Slinger60 · 04-08-2012, 06:59 PM

I don't think mine is as good as yours. Here ya go. Wish I took some pictures of the transfer case it was pretty close to what your tranny looked like.

treveiger · 04-08-2012, 07:30 PM

I'll have to post my sm465 up here lol
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shawno72 · 04-08-2012, 08:14 PM

Let's see some dirt guys
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sir_talk_alot · 04-08-2012, 10:31 PM

ill get some tomorrow of my trucks. wish i had pics of an old 307 i drug home a year ago. to pull the heads off it i first had to take a screw driver and dig/search for the bolt heads.

eightbanger · 04-09-2012, 05:41 AM

I can add to filthy thread...

Steve Hafner · 04-09-2012, 07:32 AM

. . . .

My A arms were full of muddy-grease too.

This pile was from the bottom of ONE of them !!!

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dfwright · 04-09-2012, 08:59 AM

I thought mine was pretty bad when I was taking it apart, but it seems pretty nice compared to some of those!

shawno72 · 04-09-2012, 09:11 AM

Here my 327 when I got it, then after about 2 hours with the pressure washer and a wire brush.

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406 Q-ship · 04-09-2012, 11:57 AM

The dirtiest and nastiest parts I have ever been invloved with was in the 350 olds diesel cars of the early 1980's. Diesels are bad enought then add in that leaky POS olds on top of it, only saving grace is they did not stay on the road long enough to get any real dirt in the drooling soot filled oil. Sorry no pictures, the last thing I want is mementos of those nightmare days.

sameyrasmea72 · 04-09-2012, 12:50 PM

My transmission guy told me the dirty transmission are the ones that clean up really good. I dusted this one with aluminum paint but it did not take much.

1968k10blue · 01-15-2014, 02:50 AM

Ttt just want to see the new guys stories on this

19673ontree · 01-15-2014, 07:34 AM

This reminded me remember back in the 70s anybody that put quaker state motor oil in a car or truck that sludge look was what the INSIDE of your motor looked like I was always amazed to see a motor taken apart and it looked like it was full of black mud lol and you could always ask the owner what kind of oil the were using in it and they would say QUAKER STATE ! Lol I wont put quaker state in a lawn mower to this day because of that !

c20pickup · 01-15-2014, 03:18 PM

wish I would have taken pics on my tear down, compares pretty nicely to a lot of these pics

magwakeenercew2jh · 01-15-2014, 03:30 PM

Well, my Old '63 327 was pretty crusty wen I got it.

OSM 70 C20 · 01-17-2014, 12:25 PM

My original fuel tank pipe and sender from the behind the seat fuel tank. I can't imagine the inside of the tank was much better.
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gcottingham · 01-17-2014, 12:32 PM

I don't have any pics to share, but I absolutely hate doing brake jobs. I don't know how it happens, but I end up covered in crap from head to toe.

Hawghauler · 01-17-2014, 11:03 PM

I wish I had pictures of my first car. It was a 65 impala I bought for $25. You almost couldn't see the engine through the grime. I had to use a putty knife just to find the valve cover bolts. When I got the valve covers off, it looked like they were still on. The sludge had hardened and filled the valve covers leaving a perfect imprint of the script "Chevrolet" in the sludge. My dad said clean them out, and then put them back on. Then he filled the entire engine with gasoline. It soaked for about 2hrs, then drained it out into a bucket.
Then used a hair dryer in the fill tube and left it running for about 5 hrs.
Filled her up with oil, and down the road she goes. You had to add a qt. of oil for every hundred miles or so for the rest of it's life.

These old chevy's don't really die, they're just resting.

mud.man.rj · 01-17-2014, 11:12 PM

Some nice pic's here guy's, tranny's are winning for the dirtiest. No pic's here but when I first started as a mechanic years ago the first valve cover I pulled on a ladie's old Caprice was full of sludge right to the top of cover so I asked her about oil changes and she said you change the oil but it had oil in it when I bought the car when it was new.

04-08-2012, 10:02 AM	#1
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! Picked this up from a fellow board member and thought this has got to be the dirtiest thing I have ever seen Well I got to thinking, I bet you all got a tale or some pics of some very dirty parts over the years. Needless to say after some time with a scraper, some degreaser and a trip to the car wash it looks a thousand times better. Let's see what you got...here's what I started with Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

04-08-2012, 03:37 PM	#2
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! Ttt Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

04-08-2012, 06:59 PM	#3
Slinger60 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Redding Ca. Posts: 207	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! I don't think mine is as good as yours. Here ya go. Wish I took some pictures of the transfer case it was pretty close to what your tranny looked like. Attached Images __________________ 1969 C10 LWB GMC. 1970 K5 Blazer 1971 K10 Burb Build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=529970 Shawn

04-08-2012, 07:30 PM	#4
treveiger Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Dakota Posts: 4,093	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! I'll have to post my sm465 up here lol Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1969 Chevy c20(Miss Hackjob)

04-08-2012, 08:14 PM	#5
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! Let's see some dirt guys Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

04-08-2012, 10:31 PM	#6
sir_talk_alot Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Mayflower,AR Posts: 802	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! ill get some tomorrow of my trucks. wish i had pics of an old 307 i drug home a year ago. to pull the heads off it i first had to take a screw driver and dig/search for the bolt heads. __________________ -Mike- '94 GMT 400 ext z71 3" body, 3 in rough country, hd mirrors, 20" motometals on 35s

04-09-2012, 05:41 AM	#7
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! I can add to filthy thread... Attached Images __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

04-09-2012, 07:32 AM	#8
Steve Hafner Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northport, Alabama Posts: 1,353	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! . . . . My A arms were full of muddy-grease too. This pile was from the bottom of ONE of them !!! . . . . Attached Images __________________ . . . . Life is short . . . we only have, right now. . . . . My 70 C-10's BUILD THREAD: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=475526

04-09-2012, 08:59 AM	#9
dfwright Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,374	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! I thought mine was pretty bad when I was taking it apart, but it seems pretty nice compared to some of those! Attached Images __________________ 1972 C10 LWB, 350/350 Deconstruction began 5/2009, mostly completed restoration, 5/2017

04-09-2012, 09:11 AM	#10
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! Here my 327 when I got it, then after about 2 hours with the pressure washer and a wire brush. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

04-09-2012, 11:57 AM	#11
406 Q-ship Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Largo Florida Posts: 632	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! The dirtiest and nastiest parts I have ever been invloved with was in the 350 olds diesel cars of the early 1980's. Diesels are bad enought then add in that leaky POS olds on top of it, only saving grace is they did not stay on the road long enough to get any real dirt in the drooling soot filled oil. Sorry no pictures, the last thing I want is mementos of those nightmare days. __________________ Lifes journey is not to arrive at the gate well preserved, it is to slide in sideways all used up and wore out yelling.....God what'a ride! Where patience fails, force prevails Stapp's Ironical Paradox "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle."

04-09-2012, 12:50 PM	#12
sameyrasmea72 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 2,443	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! My transmission guy told me the dirty transmission are the ones that clean up really good. I dusted this one with aluminum paint but it did not take much. Attached Images __________________ 72 Cheyenne Super 80 Silverado Blazer 2wd

01-15-2014, 02:50 AM	#13
1968k10blue Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Mahtomedi, Minnesota Posts: 335	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! Ttt just want to see the new guys stories on this __________________ Austin 2005 GMC Sierra 1500 4X4 4.8l V8 (Wrecked) 2003 Chevy 1500 standard cab short bed 4x4 w/ 5.3l

01-15-2014, 07:34 AM	#14
19673ontree CAN'T FIX NOTHIN Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: SOUTHRUST VIRGINIA !!! Posts: 2,112	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! This reminded me remember back in the 70s anybody that put quaker state motor oil in a car or truck that sludge look was what the INSIDE of your motor looked like I was always amazed to see a motor taken apart and it looked like it was full of black mud lol and you could always ask the owner what kind of oil the were using in it and they would say QUAKER STATE ! Lol I wont put quaker state in a lawn mower to this day because of that ! __________________ 1967 C10 Shortbed Fleetside Small back glass 6 cyl 3spd on the tree 3.08 gears underdash AC

01-15-2014, 03:18 PM	#15
c20pickup Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Brighton, WI Posts: 504	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! wish I would have taken pics on my tear down, compares pretty nicely to a lot of these pics



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01-15-2014, 03:30 PM	#16
magwakeenercew2jh RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Coarsegold, CA Posts: 2,375	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! Well, my Old '63 327 was pretty crusty wen I got it. Attached Images __________________ M17 Coarsegold, CA RAT's shiny now. But always a rat.

01-17-2014, 12:25 PM	#17
OSM 70 C20 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Fargo, North Dakota Posts: 140	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! My original fuel tank pipe and sender from the behind the seat fuel tank. I can't imagine the inside of the tank was much better. Crumbs: __________________ "I taste Rust" I wish I had the money my truck thinks I do I taste "Patina"

01-17-2014, 12:32 PM	#18
gcottingham Registered User Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 34	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! I don't have any pics to share, but I absolutely hate doing brake jobs. I don't know how it happens, but I end up covered in crap from head to toe.

01-17-2014, 11:03 PM	#19
Hawghauler Registered User Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Whidbey Island/Edmonds,WA Posts: 360	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! I wish I had pictures of my first car. It was a 65 impala I bought for $25. You almost couldn't see the engine through the grime. I had to use a putty knife just to find the valve cover bolts. When I got the valve covers off, it looked like they were still on. The sludge had hardened and filled the valve covers leaving a perfect imprint of the script "Chevrolet" in the sludge. My dad said clean them out, and then put them back on. Then he filled the entire engine with gasoline. It soaked for about 2hrs, then drained it out into a bucket. Then used a hair dryer in the fill tube and left it running for about 5 hrs. Filled her up with oil, and down the road she goes. You had to add a qt. of oil for every hundred miles or so for the rest of it's life. These old chevy's don't really die, they're just resting. __________________ If I have to be on 4 wheels, It has to be a classic Chevy 1967 c10 Longbed (Hawghauler/Icy weather transport) 2003 BMW K1200GT (Rain bike) 2007 Softail Deuce (Sun bike) 2009 Ultra Classic Electra Glide (Everything else bike)

01-17-2014, 11:12 PM	#20
mud.man.rj Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Creighton Sask. Canada Posts: 4,121	Re: Who's got the dirtiest parts?? Let sludge and grime unite!! Some nice pic's here guy's, tranny's are winning for the dirtiest. No pic's here but when I first started as a mechanic years ago the first valve cover I pulled on a ladie's old Caprice was full of sludge right to the top of cover so I asked her about oil changes and she said you change the oil but it had oil in it when I bought the car when it was new. __________________ 1987 Green n Green machine. 5.0 4spd std. 7" lift w 35's.

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