Detailing Engine HELP!!!!
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Detailing Engine HELP!!!!
I want to detail my engine painting it while still in the car. The water pump was replaced several years back and was not painted and some of the paint on the engine needs to be repainted. Can you all give me any tips? And how about the best paint to use? Should I spray or use a brush. Let me hear what you have done.
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Use simple green and a pressure washer to clean everything. throw a plastic bag over the carb and distributor. If a bit of water gets in the carb no biggie. Rattle can engine paint is a good choice. After cleaning the engine, run it a bit to warm up and dry it off, then tape and cover parts and paint.
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Aluminum foil
That is the BEST idea i have heard I would have never though of it but thats way I'm HERE!!!! How about the rust on the water pump from it never being painted? What should I do there? Should I use primer every where to be painted?
Thanks for all the info you all are GEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the info you all are GEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That's hard to say without seeing it. The more you can take off, the better/easier it is. I.E., Taking off the belts and pulleys, you can paint the pump complete, while glass bead blasting the pulleys and fan semi-gloss black. I use primer, but if the pump is rusty, it will last just so long.
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Pull The Engine!!!
Just send me that one it would look real fine in my 77!! Tell me about it what has been done to it? How much HP etc. I love the way it looks. Just let me know what the shipping will be. LOL!!!
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I want to detail my engine painting it while still in the car. The water pump was replaced several years back and was not painted and some of the paint on the engine needs to be repainted. Can you all give me any tips? And how about the best paint to use? Should I spray or use a brush. Let me hear what you have done.
Thanks
Thanks
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Use simple green and a pressure washer to clean everything. throw a plastic bag over the carb and distributor. If a bit of water gets in the carb no biggie. Rattle can engine paint is a good choice. After cleaning the engine, run it a bit to warm up and dry it off, then tape and cover parts and paint.
Now I bump it over very gently with the coil disabled to make sure there is no wet lock in it.
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Just take a sanding block and 220, and sand off the tips. Do it by hand. I masked mine off.