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Old 06-02-2013, 04:11 PM   #45
SkinnyG
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Re: 1986 Short bed 2WD

You can clean those headers up easy using electrolysis!

Get a big Rubbermaid bin, fill it with water and about a 1/4 cup of Arm & Hammer washing soda.

Drop a piece of scrap steel in the solution (old brake rotors or rebar work great), connected it to Positive (+) on your battery charger.

Suspend the header in the solution (don't touch the scrap steel), connected it to Negative (-) on your batter charger.

Turn the charger on and walk away. Come back a day or two later, and all the rust will have come off.

Rinse, dry, and BBQ paint!
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