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Cookieman
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For what it's worth I have followed your progress on your motor and your boat. When you are done I am sure it will turn more heads than you can ever imagine. You know I have a lot of respect for guys like you that take a boat and bring it back to life or a head turner. Kinda lookin at a old street rod and look at all the time and work it took to make it look so good. I guess the best comes to mind would be Mike's boat. keep up the good work and your rewards of your work are on the way.
blazeracer
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Thanks Bill....
Question for the minions... Header to riser gasket.. This one??
http://www.cpperformance.com/p-12953-manifold-to-riser-gasket-5-od.aspx
Or is there something better, one that won't leak later. Mine had a SERIOUS water leak from this gasket. Is was big on the outside. I think the leak was even bigger on the inside as that log was full of water when we took it off.
Question for the minions... Header to riser gasket.. This one??
http://www.cpperformance.com/p-12953-manifold-to-riser-gasket-5-od.aspx
Or is there something better, one that won't leak later. Mine had a SERIOUS water leak from this gasket. Is was big on the outside. I think the leak was even bigger on the inside as that log was full of water when we took it off.
blazeracer
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Took some really dirty aluminum pieces to the car wash yesterday and power washed them. Then did up the nasty old bell housing in the bead blaster and wire wheeled it.....
I think this was the dirtiest part of the entire boat (besides the driver) and damn it came out good. I'm pretty sure I had a rear main oil leak on the old motor.
I think this was the dirtiest part of the entire boat (besides the driver) and damn it came out good. I'm pretty sure I had a rear main oil leak on the old motor.
blazeracer
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I shot so much grease and grime off of the inside of the bell I think I have to change the glass beads. And that was AFTER pressure washing at the car wash!! There's a lot of crud in the media now.
blazeracer
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Put one of the washed logs up on the block. Looks pretty good, but there is still a greasy oil residue on it that needs to be removed before polishing it to a sparkle.
Ajax maybe??
Ajax maybe??
duanehydro
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brakleen works well....
looking better than nice there, James. :smile30:
looking better than nice there, James. :smile30:
blazeracer
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Well, I had brake cleaner's cousin carb cleaner handy. It got a lot of the haze off them, then just tried some plain soap and water.. LOL..
Apparently these things have been polished and cleared already so they cleaned up real easy. But the ends of these and the risers are pitted so I guess some machining should be done to resurface them? Any ideas where would do this Matt, or Brent, or anybody in east DFW?
Did the motor mounts up too, usual teatment. All these pieces that were grimy as all get up you can eat off of now!
Apparently these things have been polished and cleared already so they cleaned up real easy. But the ends of these and the risers are pitted so I guess some machining should be done to resurface them? Any ideas where would do this Matt, or Brent, or anybody in east DFW?
Did the motor mounts up too, usual teatment. All these pieces that were grimy as all get up you can eat off of now!
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blazeracer
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Well, this is about as good as they are going to get with either stripping the clear and repolishing them or getting them chromed. They have acquired quite a few nicks and scratches over the years. Not too bad though, and they will be under a hood.
blazeracer
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The complete exhaust minus the flapper. Not a whole lot there!! LOL
blazeracer
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KONA said:
How did you do that? I tried a buffer with compound on one and it just hazed up. Did you have to remove all the clear first then use a bench grinder with a polishing wheel?
blazeracer
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Yeah, googled it.. Have to remove the clear to polish it back out.
blazeracer said:
mine did not have clear on them, but was pitted up badly, still working that out, but my whole process started out with 1000 to 2000 grit sand paper, lightly, polished with rubbing compound til the haze went away, and then hand polished to remove the residue..... i put a post in another thread about my process.... i believe it was in protecting bare aluminum thread..... it can be done takes some time, all honesty, i do a little every year, but i slacked this year..... :smile19:
blazeracer
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KONA said:
I may just let it ride like it is then. As you can see people like Cliff are waiting.... LOL
They don't look too bad and are going to be buried in an engine compartment that has no room to see them anyhoo. My engine compartment had side walls that are so close you have to put the bolts thru the headers before sliding them into position for bolting down, with the risers already attached or you'll NEVER get them on.
I still need the correct Ohm engine temp and oil pressure senders to come in then the motor's ready to drop in, but the boats not ready for the motor. I don't want to get paint and metal flake all over my new motor!!