[Mgs] Refinishing Armstrong dampers

[Richard Lindsay]

Hello Friends,

Today I refinished the left-rear damper and ran it through its full
extent of travel, compression and rebound.  It moved smoothly with
more resistance in compression - as designed.  Once the paint has
cured for another day, I'll open the filler port and check/top-up the
fluid.  I also checked the 'silent-blocks' on the link, or whatever,
and verified that they were viable.

Here's the 'essence of nasty' during cleaning and degreasing.

http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130611_075008.jpg

Once clean and free of grease, I decided that the aluminum finish was
just too stained to look nice - so I sprayed it with 'Cast Coat
Aluminum' engine paint.

http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130611_075021.jpg

I then painted the arm and link black and mounted it to the frame.
The new bolts I used are about 20mm too long.  I'll change them out
for the correct length bolts once I get back to the hardware store.
Here are a series of pictures, mostly virtual duplicates.

http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130611_114349.jpg

http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130611_114355.jpg

http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130611_114408.jpg

http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130611_114410.jpg

The right-hand damper is on the workbench with most of the crud
scraped off.  I haven't started with the degreaser.  I got hot, dirty
and hungry. :-P  Perhaps I can finish the cleanup and also install it
today.  I also need to clean and spray the right-rear handbrake cable
with clear-coat, just as I did for the left hand side.

With best regards,

-rick