Before:



After many hours of much needed scrubbing with a toothbrush, a gallon of purple power and some paint:





I still want to paint the brake booster and master cylinder. I'm just not sure which color to paint them.

 

Wow, quite a big difference!, a job well done
Regards
Roy

 

Very nicely done! Now, get a pint of Rustoleum semi-gloss black and paint the brake booster and the master cylinder; then remove/disassemble the alternator and shoot the case with VHT aluminum paint, bake it and reassemble to car. Well, you don't have to do it just now....you can enjoy the fruits of your labor for a bit. But put those items on the TO DO list. Nice job!!!

 

thanks Roy!!!

 

I noticed that some people paint the brake booster a gold color. That's why I'm not sure what color to paint it. I'm going for the stock look and what looks best. I might paint the master cylinder cast iron gray too. I just need some help in choosing the correct stock colors...

 

That looks 100 times better, very nice. It's a rewarding feeling to see such a difference isn't it?

 

Yea I definitely feel proud to lift up my hood now. It's much easier to look at a clean engine than a dirty one! I'm still not finished though...that's the fun part.

 

Really Nice job ! You put a lot of work into it and it shows. If you want, I have some extra painted GM corp.blue oil caps hanging arond that I'll never ues anymore. Really nice job !

 

Thanks!!! Yea I was scrubbing for a few hours til it got dark. Then I painted the valve covers which was not fun...taking them out sucked, but seeing them look better is well worth the sweating and back pains If I ever loose my oil cap I'll send you a pm too.

 

There's nothing like opening the hood to a beautiful clean engine bay. To me, it shows how the owner cares about their car & presentation. Nice job
Glenn

 

Thanks Glenn! I got tired of looking at that dirty engine and I'm out of college for the summer so I seized the opportunity to clean for a week.

 

If you are looking for things to do over the summer, i have an engine block that needs cleaning too

Great job on the results; this gives me motivation to complete mine soon

 

nice job

 

Well I'd be glad to help you out, but you live kind of far from New Orleans. Once you get started there's always something else to be done...I have a lot left to do on mine too.

Thanks!

 

You did a very good job. When I got my vette I didn't want to open my hood. So I now how you feel. All your work paid off.

 

Man that's killer. Wanna come play in my garage for a while.

 

You did all that in a couple of hours?! Fabulous work!

Rickman

 

i hope mine comes out half as well when im done.

heres what i started with


and heres what im upto



i should be ready for paint this weekend, if my timing chain and gears get here in the next day or two.

 

The master cylinder should be raw cast iron. They have spray paint called, "cast blast", it looks exactly like new, raw cast iron when you're done. My all stock '82 has a black brake booster. Well, .....it used to be, anyway.

Great job, by the way! I'll have to let you know when I'm ready to do mine.

 

Thanks!!! It took me long enough to finally start cleaning it though...after seeing pictures of everyone's clean engines it got me wanting to do mine.

Well I'll be glad to help whenever I'm finished everything on my to-do list that keeps growing...all of these "while I'm at it" projects!

I know this is gonna be long, but I want to share the process with anyone that plans to do this:
First, I cleaned up what I could with old rags. Then I got a huge thing of purple power cleaner. I covered the alternator, carb and distributor with foil and went to work with my toothbrush. After scrubbing all over for 3 hours, I was pleased with the squeaky clean appeal, so I hosed off everything. Then the valve covers looked sad, so I took them out the next day and primed and painted them and put in new gaskets. The next morning I put my car back together. All together it was around 3 hours of cleaning, an hour to take out the valve covers (have to remove all kinds of stuff to get them out ), 3 hours to sand, prime, paint and bake the covers and put the gaskets on with high tack sealant, then an hour to put everything back together...I guess 8 hours total which is well worth it considering I am now happy to pop my hood!