svo_thunderchicken
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Jul 2005
Kingsport, TN.
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im going to take my upper and lower off this weekend for cleaning and painting... first off, what can i soak them in to get them CLEAN inside and out.. and then, what kinda paint do i want to use? tips
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Pete D
Joined:
Apr 2001
Northern OH
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DonH
Joined:
Jun 2002
Central Massachusetts, USA
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For paint you can use rattle can engine paint, Duplicolor makes a natural aluminum color that looks good. Make sure the castings are really clean before painting by using lacquer thinner or some other surface prep solution. If you don't use primer on the aluminum any paint you put on is eventually going to flake off but I'm talking at least a couple of years here.
1987 TC stock except ATR 2.5"
1983 Pontiac Transam T-top 5.7 T56 [email protected] top speed: 176mph
1978 Fairmont 2.3 4-spd Big-top S/W
1946 Willys CJ2A 134.2ci L4 No-top
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Ryan H
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Oct 2004
Panama City, FL
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Take them to the car wash and blast em, then soak them in carb cleaner to get rid of any impurities. They will become super clean, you almost won't want to paint them.
I painted my transmission with the Dupli-Color high temp engine enamel in the aluminum color DonH mentioned, it made the tranny look brand new (in fact, a few of my friends said "whoa, how much did that cost?!)
'88 TC Walbro 255HP, Stinger FMIC, PIT BOV, Pro 5.0, Kirban, RR cam, FRPP strut tower brace, T3
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svo_thunderchicken
Joined:
Jul 2005
Kingsport, TN.
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so take them off, take them to the car wash and blast them.. take home and soak them in carb cleaner... then if needing painting, use dupli-color natural aluminum engine paint :-)
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Pete D
Joined:
Apr 2001
Northern OH
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I'd soak them in carb cleaner first, then the car wash. The carb cleaner will leave a film that you don't want for painting
Pete Dunham
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ERIC J snowbird
Joined:
Apr 2005
Iroquois,Ontario,Canada
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Here's an old recipe from Ryan from earlier this year I'll never forget. I don't have the guts to try it though
Quote:Originally posted by Ryan H:
I bought a metal tub yesterday from the hardware store and let the intakes and head soak in a mix of 1 part NAPA carb cleaner to 1 part acetone to 1 part gasoline.. I sanded the gasket surfaces down with 180 grit paper then 400 grit paper before soaking them. Not a cheap mix but the stuff looks like new
- ERIC J
87 Black 5speed, 88 Black 5speed.
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