Painting motor parts September 05, 2007, 11:55:47 AM I think this is where this should be, if not can a mod move please? Ok, so far I have cleaned up the water pump, timing cover, crank pulley, and alternater brackets, but can't seem to get them " clean enough to look good". So i was considering painting them. I have a carb to paint as well, so all is well. Only question is what color? Ford blue, black, allumnium color, silver? So many different colors. I'll leave this the peoples oppion on this one. Here are some mroe recient pics of the car, to see what I'm workin with Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #1 – September 05, 2007, 12:16:11 PM Beadblasting is your friend. That paint will look good for awhile. But with working on a car the paint isn't worth it. The paint always chips off and looks like ass. Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #2 – September 05, 2007, 12:20:16 PM Well, for the allumnium atleast I have to do something. If it sits out for to long " untreated" it will oxidize and look like ass anywaysI'm personaly leaning more towards a nice allumnium color, as about 1/2 the parts on the car are an allumniun ( Intake, calve covers, water pump, timing cover, carb spacer) to preserve the color and make it look good while doing it. To hopefuly prevent chipping I was going to give LOTS of clear coat I was thinking of getting creative with teh valve covrs too, painting a black like the FRPP ones then sanding off the paint on the fins and the POWERED BY FORD then clearing over everything. This is still up in the air Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #3 – September 05, 2007, 01:08:50 PM Step 1: Remove motorStep 2: Clean up/paint Engine bayStep 3: Pull all accesories off motorStep 4: FIND THE OIL LEAKS YOUR MOTOR HAS AND FIX THEM!Step 5: Clean motor after fixing leak(s)Step 6: Clean and Prep all accesoriesStep 7: Paint accesories to your liking and re-install on motor. Step 8: Reinstall motor.That is all Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #4 – September 05, 2007, 01:16:23 PM I redid all the gaskets right from the timing chain forward. Fel-pro everything. Thats the only place it leaked at. All clean, block is clean, timing cover and waterpump are as clean as I can get without hittin them with a wire wheel. Camaraphone pics to follow, as I lost the cord from my camara. When I paint the parts, I'll be masking off anything that could get paint on it and doing the whole under hood area in flat black. Stuff is only set in place now, I'm painting everything. Inner fenders, fire wall, radiator, radiator support, all brackets... everything. Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #5 – September 05, 2007, 01:20:06 PM Quote from: V8Demon;174508Step 1: Remove motorStep 2: Clean up/paint Engine bayStep 3: Pull all accesories off motorStep 4: FIND THE OIL LEAKS YOUR MOTOR HAS AND FIX THEM!Step 5: Clean motor after fixing leak(s)Step 6: Clean and Prep all accesoriesStep 7: Paint accesories to your liking and re-install on motor. Step 8: Reinstall motor.That is allCouldn't agree more. If you try and clean that thing up right now you are wasting your time. Pull the motor and trans, probly both need rebuilding anyways. It will be a never ending battle with the oil leaks that you have. It will always look like ass. Do it right the first time and you wont have to do it twice. Unless you like blowing money. Brian Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #7 – September 05, 2007, 01:40:40 PM Quote from: V8Demon;174508Step 1: Remove motorStep 2: Clean up/paint Engine bayStep 3: Pull all accesories off motorStep 4: FIND THE OIL LEAKS YOUR MOTOR HAS AND FIX THEM!Step 5: Clean motor after fixing leak(s)Step 6: Clean and Prep all accesoriesStep 7: Paint accesories to your liking and re-install on motor. Step 8: Reinstall motor.That is allThat's the only way to do it right. That's what I did to mine. Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #8 – September 05, 2007, 01:41:00 PM If you really like the look of aluminum you would get it bead Blasted. Then you can spray on as many coats of clear you want to protect it. Then if the clear chips of it dosen't look near as bad as paint chipping off. For bead blasting you really need to take things apart any way. Oh yeah you could aways drag the thing to a car wash and give it a blast with the power washer. Make shure to cover things you don't want water in. Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #9 – September 05, 2007, 01:51:17 PM The only reason I wanted to do this to begin with is everythng is already cleaned up and already apart. I guess the quiestion now ( which seems answered) is just leave it alone for now or paint it. Alot of what is on this motor will be on the next one as well, so if I do it right now, I can re-use it later. Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #10 – September 05, 2007, 02:08:17 PM leave it aloneyou need to focus on getting the title and a fvcking drivers license first! Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #11 – September 05, 2007, 04:02:07 PM Workin on that. In the mean time I'm workin on the car Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #12 – September 05, 2007, 04:06:44 PM I think all those options stink.Just clean it up real nice and that's probably all you'll need to do for the time being. Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #13 – September 05, 2007, 04:10:59 PM I might just do that Alex... I just might Quote Selected
Painting motor parts Reply #14 – September 05, 2007, 04:12:49 PM yep, when I have a gas mask on, I know what I'm talking about. Quote Selected
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