Always worth asking as, on occasions, there are surprising prices (in a good way). Autovaux will deffo get a call next week though :)
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Always worth asking as, on occasions, there are surprising prices (in a good way). Autovaux will deffo get a call next week though :)
UPDATE
Went and got the rocker cover sand blasted yesterday after work.
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I'm so glad I did it 'coz it took the chap almost an our to get it to it's current state. They guy said that the rocker cover must've been powder coated as it was a tough finish and took him a good few goes to adjust the blaster to give the best result.
He didn't do the spark plug cover as he said it would strip straight through it. Would've probably taken me 2 weeks to strip it with nitromoors and a wire brush lol
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Just wondering what to do what colour/s to spray. I'm good at painting but wondering if I should get it powder coated instead. We'll see how it goes :)
Sand blasted rocker cover u wanna make sure u get all the sand out of it otherwise........
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Originally Posted by fastcar1cars
^ Seconded!!!
Looking great Tek. :thumb:
Oh yeah most deff mate, it's gonna get a real hardcore wash before it goes on.
dont forget the breather mod on the cover tek
Yeah was thinking of that infact. Just searching who's done it and the difference they felt.
UPDATE
Postman Pat left some bits in the letter box today :)
M8 x 13 (socket size) copper nuts for the inlet manifold. Need to get some copper washers for them too. The old ones are too past it to clean up
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UPDATE
After picking up one crankcase breather to rocker cover hose
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I decided to carry on where I left off. So it was back to the rocker cover to clean it up and make usre there were no grains of sand left in there after the sand blasting.
Here's how it was:
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With the breather plate removed:
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and the underside of the breather plate.
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I shall call her 'Sandy'.
I started off by using a brillo pade to remove the larger amounts of sand but it was taking a good while trying to work into the smaller areas. I was losing patience so I got out the pressure washer lol Gave it a good blast, then worked in some detergent and left it to eat into the oily bits and gave it another blast. I then started cleaning the breather plate. This time I used a rough scouring pad and detergent and rinsed it out. Had trouble cleaning around the metal tabs as I knew I was gonna end up slicing my fingers. Here's how it finished up:
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I then turned it over and gave it a rub down with wet and dry and gave it a final rinse.
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Was getting dark so I decided to call it a day and tidied up... wish I hadn't! As I was quickly winding up the hose my hand slipped and scraped across the concrete path and took off a good few layers of skin on my thumb and index finger joints ouch! :(
I'm feeling knackered!
Known locally as ''Idiot Rash!'' :) lol :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nova_Tek
'Idiot Rash' lol was ok at first but then started to sting like hell