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8-31-2020
It figures I mentioned my focus on staying motivated in my previous post and when I woke up Saturday morning I just didn't really want to be in the garage and wasn't feeling it. Some coffee helped to turn that around and I managed to eventually get to work.
I made a frustrating Menards run Friday and picked up some polishing tools; unfortunately the 1" wire brush I got was more like 1.5" and is much too large to fit in the cam carrier. Back to the drawing board. Ugh. I skipped head repair and went back to the engine bay.
Slave cylinder junction block was deleted and replaced with a union.
More of that gross rust.
I drained the power steering reservoir with my MityVac to try and prevent myself from making too much of a mess. Unfortunately I made a mess both using the MityVac to drain the reservoir and then I made another mess when reservoir (I was confident I fully drained) was removed and dumped ATF all over. Ugh.
I looked at blocking off the lines so I could finally get around to degreasing the engine bay and I realized I could remove the pump with the removal of just 1 banjo bolt.
Need to find a safe way to degrease this. What a gross mess.
My slow start and ATF mess kept me from getting much more done in the garage on Saturday. I DID start a Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Stout Saturday afternoon though. I'm very excited to see how this turns out.
At least its starting to look clean
Sunday afternoon I managed to find 60 minutes or so to do some paint prep; and I knocked out the actual paint in the evening while watching Lynn. She had a blast watching dad make a mess from a distance.
Timing covers, PCV hoses, and heat shields - BEFORE
My timing covers were pretty gross; I figured why not give a try with some high temp flat black enamel. The power steering reservoir shows quite a few years of age as well, and given its prominent position I thought high temp black gloss would be appropriate. The PCV hoses are attached to the valve covers and would receive the same gloss red enamel.
This is the flat black. Very happy with the results
I managed to drop this after applying the final primer coat. Ugh. It still turned out pretty good I think.
I can't find a satin or matte gloss in high temp enamel; so the heat shields and timing covers might stay primer/flat black with no topcoat. Is that an unwise idea? I'm really excited to see what all these components will look like after installation. I think next Saturday I can finally roll the shell outside and give the engine bay a good degreasing.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a safe way to degrease my oil soaked alternator and power steering pump? Should I hit it with the Gunk along with the rest of the engine bay, rinse it, and just let it dry?
