Right Fella's,
"Today I have mostly been" (anyone remember the Fast Show?)
Well mostly cleaning and painting....
After finishing up re-building the calipers Friday night on a clean bench it was down a dirty Saturday for the rest....
You have seen the state the Oil Radiator was in so over the last week I have been popping in the garage to spray Gunk (other brands are available) into the cooling vanes to break down the crud and ditritus. This seems to have done the trick, so off for an early bath.
Next was to do the same with the Thermostat Housing
Now degreased in the bucket it went for a soapy hot wash.
I removed the paint from the Oil radiator with a wire brush on a drill ready for some mat black heat paint.
Whilst drying it was time to mask up the housing before sand blasting with my little home made version. First masking tape then over the top with duck tape to the blaster doesn't destroy anything.
First some etch primer, then a little red oxide. Whilst we're waiting for that to dry out of my home made spray booth comes the rad.
As per the Oil Tank I have gone with gloss black. The tank was powder coated so I have had to wet paint then lacquer over to get them looking the same.
The long Oil Pipes to the front of the car I have had new hoses put on and braised to cover a little nick in the pipe. The pipes do not rotate now, which is a good thing. I suspect the oil has been misting out of the rubber unions and covered the rad. On closer inspection I couldn't live with the metal pipes as they were. The powder coat was starting to come off in places so best start stripping it off.
You can clearly see the corrosion on the brass pipe. After some Nitromors I went at them with the sanding wheel on the drill.
So all done with that little lot. I will be dropping them into my pal who painted the calipers for me as I want these 2K etched then gloss black per the rest of the oil transfer stuff. Being brass I didn't want to take any chances with home paint.
Right so Lets have a look at the fan......
This has clearly seen better days.
After removing the actual fan, you can see all the crud that builds up. As it's sticky oil, everything sticks to it, including grit and mud.
This is what a new one looks like!
So that's it so far. I have dropped the pipes off for paint and then found the most amazing bunch of chaps down the road from me who are going the dismantle and re-furbish the fan. The guy said the he wouldn't book it in as he would work on it in his lunch hours! (sounds like a cash job to me :wink: ). There we go then.
All the best,
The Baron