And the pics look cool too.
Lin
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:57 PM, David Booker <tncarnut1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, I actually took the night off tonight and did yard work. I think
> I've
> spent every week night & all day weekends in the garage since pulling the
> engine two weeks ago last Saturday. As of 11:30 last night, the second coat
> of
> Magnet Paints' "Chassis Saver" Satin black is on the entire engine bay. The
> car looks like it is frozen in mid explosion at the moment as I unscrewed
> everything from under the hood except the brake lines and suspended it all
> via
> twine from the ceiling to let me paint under it. Engine is of course on the
> stand and looking very fine if I do say so myself. Block, head & valve
> cover
> are all red - though it is Ford red rather than the MG red. Oil pan,
> dipstick,
> oil tube to the filter, and pulleys are all gloss black. intake manifold
> looks
> almost chrome after quite a while with steel wool and the wire wheel.
> Exhaust
> manifold is flat black header paint.
>
> I have spent probably 80 or 90 hours since pulling the engine dedicated to
> scraping, straightening, rubbing, polishing, cleaning, etc. Does not look
> like a show car (this is a good thing as I am NOT about to start polishing
> stuff every time it gets dusty), but it looks WAY better than it did, and
> all
> the rusty/greasy/oily/grimy bits are now clean and painted. I also shot a
> pressure washer thru every water orifice in the block and head till it ran
> out
> clean everywhere. That along with the new water pump and newly
> dipped/cleaned
> radiator & overflow (and new hoses thanks to Daniel) means it should run
> much
> cooler too. Hopefully I'll get everything back in there by the end of the
> long
> weekend. Cant wait!
>
> David Booker
> '71 (looking much better now) Midget
> Long Island
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