Isabel's West Coast Sister by relentless

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The instructions state to soak a rag in the Fast Etch and keep it wet for vertical applications, so today I did just that to the rear drive axle that was very rusty.  





Every so often while working on other projects I would come by and wet the rag down. After a few hours I finally took the rag off and was happy with the results. I am only using the dirty Fast Etch that was left over from the disc brake, and I think some fresh Fast Etch would have gone faster and done a better job, but what the heck, squeeze what you can out of your supplies, right?

2-14-2015

After painting the engine block I grew dissatisfied with the condition of some of the accessories that mount to the front of the engine. These had been powdercoated for the most part, but time had taken a toll on them and they looked a bit tired. I read up on re-powdercoating and decided to try it. After removing some parts I heated them up in the oven and gave them a new spray of powdercoating, then baked them in the oven again at 400 degrees. I found out that heating the parts to 225 degrees (after a good cleaning) seemed to make the new powdercoating grip the old pretty well.

Here are the results on a couple of parts:





I took off the power steering pulley/reservoir and need to find a place that can press the pulley off as I need to disassemble the unit so I can powdercoat the mounting bracket and pulley, and paint the reservoir. The manual shows there are special tools that press the pulley off and re-mount it. I don't have any local shops I am familiar with that can perform this work, so I will have to locate one.

Finally, I painted the fan clutch a silver-gray color, just for Robert! A bit more attention to detail in the engine bay should have me fairly satisfied with the work I have done to bring it back to looking fresh.