[Mgs] Valve cover refinishing.

[Dan DiBiase]

Looks good, Rick!

Dan D
'76 B
'65 B
Central NJ USA
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 From: Richard Lindsay
<richardolindsay at gmail.com>
To: mg-t at autox.team.net; "mgs at autox.team.net List"
<mgs at autox.team.net>; Rui Gigante <rui.gigante at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday,
July 25, 2013 5:07 PM
Subject: [Mgs] Valve cover refinishing.
 

Good
afternoon Friends,

As I boxed the freshly refinished head up to put it away
in storage, I
realized that if I went ahead and refinished the valve cover,
I'd have
a natural dust shield for the valve gear, now resting on the head
awaiting the final bits.  So that is what I did.  Here's how the
engine looked
in Bill's picture.  Note the valve cover.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/1953%20TD%20012.jpg

I cleaned the oil deposits from
the inside of the cover then stripped
the paint from the outside.  It had been
painted a couple of times
(without stripping).  Didn't get a picture of the
bare metal.  After
stripping, going over it with a ScotchBrite pad, then
degreasing, I
primered the cover with gray engine primer.  Here's a look at it
with
the primer drying.

http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130725_151046.jpg
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130725_151057.jpg

And after 20 minutes of drying,
I painted it with a satin finish
engine paint called 'Cast Coat Aluminum'. 
Its a paint that is
supposed to mimic freshly cast aluminum.  It actually does
a good job
if used sparingly.  A heavier coat looks like matte silver paint.
Witness, the cover.

http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130725_153205.jpg

The
irregularities around the breather pipe are solder where the pipe
flange is
attached.  Note the valve lash plate.  I polished it clean
but did not make it
'perfect'.  The oil filler cap has the plating
mostly worn away so to carry
the motif, I saved some of the plate's
patina.  It too is polished now, just
not 'perfectly'.

Yes, I considered mixing a little green in a pot of matte
silver to
mimic the original color, but I was just too lazy to get the spray
gun
out and more importantly, clean it after use.  Its hot out there!

The cap
chain has been mangled a bit.  I'll search for a replacement
at Ace before
fighting with the original.  Failing that, the original
can be serviceable -
if it is indeed original.

That's it, my friends.  Must be Thursday.

Best
regards,

-rick
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