How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

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How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

Post by 71Runner » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:51 am

in the slotted exhaust tips? Mine get sorta sooty after a while, and don't look as good as they could. Thanks.
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Re: How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

Post by bruce » Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:30 pm

Orange cleaner (seriously) sprayed liberally through the slots and then a pyrex test tube brush fed through the slots and rubbed around removing the grime...

The test tube brush is like an over-grown pipe cleaner.
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Re: How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

Post by NOrrTH » Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:06 pm

Aren't they supposed to be red or do they just get faded?
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Post by bruce » Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:48 pm

They seem to vary in color... especially on repops I would guess.
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Re: How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

Post by Eric » Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:08 pm

originals were orange...at least for 71
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Re: How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

Post by 71Runner » Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:04 pm

Thanks Bruce, I'll give that a try.
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Re: How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

Post by bruce » Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:38 am

Buy several brushes... you'll ruin them on the slots.
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Re: How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

Post by Dave » Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:19 am

Psst... Plymouth tips were orange. Dodge tips were red.
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Re: How do you guys clean the orange inserts...

Post by quapman » Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:22 pm

Dave wrote:Psst... Plymouth tips were orange. Dodge tips were red.
and some 72 Plymouths had black inserts.
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