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cleaning my a/c compressor

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derrick gil

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Can anyone tell me what to clean my a/c compressor in my 89GT with?
 

allballsmustang

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hydrochloric acid should do the trick... lol

but really, any kid of degreaser and a scrub it good... like some simple green...
 

Mustang5L5

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Inside? Or outside?

Is it off the car?
 

derrick gil

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Mustang5L5 said:
Inside? Or outside?

Is it off the car?
Click to expand...

The outside, its on the car. Looks pretty bad next to all the chrome I have on the new motor.
 
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Doesn't March have a chrome cover for the compressor body?
 

Ozz

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They have a pulley cover that bolts to the pulley.

Any strong degreaser will clean it. Get some of that and a scrub brush.
 

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put a garbage bag over it
 
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Hmmm... somewhere, I've seen a chrome, bolt-on shroud for the AC compressor. If it wasn't March then I can't recall who it was that made the thing.
 

Ozz

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hmm - never heard of or saw that, and you'd figure a guy like me would have by now
 

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He's not crazy, I have seen the covers as well.
To answer the original question:
Use wheel cleaner on it. The stuff kicks ass on bare aluminum. Be careful not to get it on the polished or plated or you will be re-polishing.
 

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Prep it, paint it Semi-gloss black.
 
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