Engine Detailing

Sorry jellybelly I miss understood! It's from Caswell's http://www.caswelleurope.co.uk/Zinblack.htm

Fantastic result, you inspired me to get the 75 engine nice. Its not going to anything like as amazing as that but thanks for the tips etc.

Thanks guys. I'm happy I've inspired so many!

New down pipe painted in por-20






Fitted with new gasket




Horns cleaned and brackets zinc plated and reassembled




Fitted clutch and speedo cable and finished off with the cable ties. (changed them to black!)

Fantastic thread, you should be proud of the inspiration you generate with this kind of dedication.

Top marks, come to the front of the class room..

^^^

WOW ! top job there m8 You'll win best engine for sure !! make sure you enter de show and shine next year

Just been through your thread, amazing Chris.
Looked even better in the flesh you should be so
proud of it.

Hope the headache went. :wink:

Seen this engine bay and owner at the classic car show saturday its even more box fresh in the flesh.

real nice job well done pal

just lost for words, your a legend. every time i get fed up with my build ill have another look at this and stop being so bloody lazy! what an ispiration

Wow, just wow.
Some brilliant work, and some great detailing.
Alex

I have just read through this, its simply superb.

I think I have a problem, I can't stop looking at this thread..

Amazing man  :notworthy:

Just read this thread through from start to finish - WOW - hat off to you mate, a lot of patience and attention to detail there - a stunning job!

:notworthy:  :notworthy:  :notworthy:  :notworthy:  :notworthy:  :notworthy:

PS: u should get a life mate.. :mrgreen: (meant  in a good way though) :mrgreen:

Just read this thread from start to finish and its an inspiration! I've got a G60 engine to rebuild and wanted it to look like a factory install and this looks perfect.

Did you sandblast the parts yourself? All the parts I've started to clean I just can't get to a good base and wondered if you had any advice.

Any updates mates

Love it man… when can we meet you. Do you come to the berkshire meet

Laughingboy said

Just read this thread from start to finish and its an inspiration! I've got a G60 engine to rebuild and wanted it to look like a factory install and this looks perfect.

Did you sandblast the parts yourself? All the parts I've started to clean I just can't get to a good base and wondered if you had any advice.

Thanks mate!

I cleaned the parts in hydrochloric acid diluted 2 parts water and 1 part acid. Then used a brass wheel on the end of a drill to shine them up before plating them.

allana13 said

Any updates mates

Love it man… when can we meet you. Do you come to the berkshire meet

Thanks. Wanted to have the car on the stand at Stanford Hall, but it's full already!!

Will be having the car at TIPEC on the 5th June instead.

A little update…….

I never got round to finishing the battery terminals when I did the restoration! So here we go

This is how they look at the moment





Terminals and bolts are cleaned in Hydrochloric acid to chemically strip the old plating. Duck tape used to stop the wire from being plated underneath and then wired-up ready to be plated



Terminal and bolt in the plating bath



After 30 minutes of zinc plating they are removed from the electrolyte, rinsed in water, put into a blue passivate for 13 seconds and dried with a hairdryer



Finished terminals fitted to the car

spot on chris…  I'm just waiting for them kits to come back on ebay again then I maybe bugging you for advice :wink: