Thread: Rusty camshaft.

dont touch it with any abrasives... It is hard faced and you can damage the surface...

Take it to someone who can Linnish it for you...

Maybe use some cotton cloth soaked with trans fluid,Diesel or Kero to clean most of the rust off, you could make a strip of cotton and polish it some by holding both ends and pull back and forwards over the lobes....

Diesel or kero is good for working the surface, they are abrasive but mild thus wont hurt the surface when working by hand...Trans fluid is milder but good for finishing... then off to get it linnished...

Just get some soapy steel wool and water and clean the surface rust off and spray some crc wd40 lanox inox or whatever on it. Steel wool wont hurt the hard surfaces.

Cheers Rod

Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Just get some soapy steel wool and water and clean the surface rust off and spray some crc wd40 lanox inox or whatever on it. Steel wool wont hurt the hard surfaces.

Cheers Rod

That's sort of where I'm at. I have some very fine steel wool used for restoring antique furniture. Love Lanox.

Soak it in 'coca cola some one said for removing surface rust to me once , another said molassas never tried it myself but apparently it is supposed to work.

I'm sorry but its late,,
and I cant see how the cam surface can survive any sort of rust, surface serious or sensitive,
unless rust runs off the oil that covered the cam,, it has to run off the cam surface,, so where does all that orange colour come from? well at least some of it come s from the air,, but the rest MUST come from-----
its probably not a big deal on your front discs,,, but---

will it run?
sure,,
long enough to sell?
sure,,

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Soak it in 'coca cola some one said for removing surface rust to me once , another said molassas never tried it myself but apparently it is supposed to work.

Hmmm. Vinegar works in fuel tanks.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I'm sorry but its late,,
and I cant see how the cam surface can survive any sort of rust, surface serious or sensitive,
unless rust runs off the oil that covered the cam,, it has to run off the cam surface,, so where does all that orange colour come from? well at least some of it come s from the air,, but the rest MUST come from-----
its probably not a big deal on your front discs,,, but---

will it run?
sure,,
long enough to sell?
sure,,

That's my issue, Pedro. I won't knowingly cheat someone. I think I'll take it to the pros.

Originally Posted by johntins

That's my issue, Pedro. I won't knowingly cheat someone. I think I'll take it to the pros.

Thing is, I have a heap of new or reco bits for this car. It was SWMBO's, and I planned to give it a birthday, as the timing seal was leaking and the auto very tired, so there is a low KM auto, a new rad, timing chain and gears, a reco Tickford head, new headlights and a few things more. It was sitting, waiting for me to start, when the old RRC decided to go out on it's own. It rolled down the drive, and clobbered the Ford. Those ARB rear bars are strong, aren't they? So, I went out and bought her a newer one, and was keeping the EF to be a work car. It's only really a bootlid ( both of which I have), a tail light and a bit of a push on the rear panel. But now I want it gone. It would make a good project for some interested youngster, if such a thing still exists.