[Spridgets] What to use to clean an engine for paint?

[David Booker]

Paul,
Not a bad idea - and one I seem to remember doing as a teen-ager once in
Tennessee.  Unfortunately, there seem to be no DIY car washes on Long Island. 
This is the farthest North I've ever lived so I don't know the reasoning for
it.  Could it be that they freeze and burst pipes up here?  Could vanadlism be
the reason?  Are people are too damn lazy to do it themselves?  The reason I
have concluded (based on nothing other than my limited brain cells) is that
land is so incredibly expensive here and the times of year when it is possible
for frozen pipes to happen is so long that you can't make money on the deal.

Or they could be too lazy and likely to tear it up for fun here.
 
David Booker
'71 Midget
Long Island