So...some of the fittings and details under the bonnet look a little crunky. For example:
So I went at some of the stuff with steel wool in just a few places to see how they will eventually clean up. Its gonna be tedious, but the potential is there...
The heads are another story. Look at some o'these valves...
And I finally have some pics of the engineroom sans engine. These were taken after the Saturday and Sunday scrub-downs and after today's rinse-down with ammonia.
What the photos do not, and could never, convey is how fresh it smells around her now and how elated I am that the cleanup is actually working!