yep carnt beat silver, makes it look nice and original
yep carnt beat silver, makes it look nice and original
Too true mate. Not much left to do really, after the throttle body its the rocker cover and block. The fitting time
i'lll be looking out for more pictures !
Update
First I went and collected the sump gasket
Then got home and started making some progress on more cleaning and painting.
First up was the top hat. It wasn't overly dirty but still needed a clean. Got out the usual cleaning tools and detergents and gave it a quick scrub. Then a rub down with emery cloth to remove the harder bits, cleaned it with some solvents and got it ready for paint. How it started off
Just before painting
Gave it a few coats of VHT paint, let it dry and it came out like this
Happy with the way it looked I put it aside to clean the throttle body, which started off like this:
TBH I was expecting it to be filthy like how my bro's XEV throttle body gets but this one was rather minor.
After some carb cleaner, wd40 and a wipe this is how it looked
Gave the external areas a clean too but didn't paint it as it would've not been done properly due to the linkages etc. But still looks clean compared to how it was.
I then moved on to the various bolts and nuts that secure the tophat and throttle body to the inlet and also fuel rail and also the other two brackets.
They started off like this
into this
lastly to this
I then made a start on the fuel rail, removed the injectors and clips and started cleaning that up. Didn't manage to finish it as I had to pop out and sort a present for my mums birthday on Friday.
Hopefully have some time on sunday to get that done.
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lots of detail in this tek. i agree on the throttle body though, i cleaned mine at work in our washing off tank. i was contemplating taking the linkages off and thought better of it..
Cheers man, I was kinda wishing at that moment that I had a cleaning tank but just thought 'meh' and soaked it in carb cleaner which got most of the muck off.
Never before finished a brand new can of carb cleaner in two uses
haha. great for cleaning and blasting dirt/grime off though. i use brake cleaner because we have it at work on hand.
TBH I sometimes feel that brake cleaner, engine degreaser and carb cleaner are pretty much the same thing (they all smell pretty much the same
yeh you probably are right. there much difference in price?
Dunno, the carb cleaner I got was £4. They're all around that price but in saying that engine degreaser from a pound shop does the trick and costs way less
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