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DarkOneSK · 03-12-2007, 07:22 PM

Well after reading the thread, "good news for me", I got jealous, so I decided to start detailing the motor.
I will keep posting more pics of my progress here on this thread of the car so view the thread thoroughly. I know there are a ton of pages, but I did a ton of work. Trust me. It'll be worth your time to read it all.

Valve covers stage 1, 2, 3,and 4. Rotory sander, rotory scrub pad, steel wool, and black buffing compund with rope like rotory buffer and cone shaped buffer.

Valve covers stage 5: Red jeweler's rouge and sewn spiral Rotory Buffing wheel, and cone shaped buffer

Stage 6: White liquid rouge and soft buffing wheel

Finished product:

AHhhh.. That's better. Nice Jugs eh?

And a shot of the air filter after final polishing

This of course is just the beginning. Trying to get ready for New Hope in august. I think I can make it.

dennisB · 03-12-2007, 07:31 PM

Damm ... wrong Jugs!

mercedesman91 · 03-12-2007, 07:42 PM

my valve covers are painted green.. is that whats under the paint? if so im going to pull mine off tomrrow..

strife2 · 03-12-2007, 07:44 PM

I got mine to the point where I could see myself pretty well, but I didn't try to get every flaw out - this gets exponentially more difficult.

I'll know that you are obsessed when you do the water pump and power steering pump

I did.

BTW, no, this is NOT what's under the valve cover paint. This is what's under the valve cover paint after hours of dirty, nasty work!

AzimuthAviation · 03-12-2007, 07:44 PM

Made me look! Oh well...the polish job looks really good even though I can't get a visual of running my hands over it.

DarkOneSK · 03-12-2007, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strife2

I got mine to the point where I could see myself pretty well, but I didn't try to get every flaw out - this gets exponentially more difficult.

I'll know that you are obsessed when you do the water pump and power steering pump

I did.

BTW, no, this is NOT what's under the valve cover paint. This is what's under the valve cover paint after hours of dirty, nasty work!

The trick is getting them smooth. The grinder in the first picture is what I used. these weren't made to be polished so they aren't exactly very smooth and have many imperfections. Don't use a course sander though. I used a 220 disk to start it off.
I got both done in about 10 hours. and yeah. I was covered head to toe in black, nasty, aluminum fragments. Very Dirty work. But well worth it.
Next project.: Do the same for the fan blades, then the PS pump, then the alt

Before we proceed to the rest of the work, Let me show you what the car looked like when I started it.

First came the suspension. Intrax springs 65 lb resist and KYB sport shocks. Also replace entire front end all ball joints, control arms center link, and tie rods.

Ahhh that's better. more on that a little later.

**Teutone** · 03-12-2007, 08:04 PM

Wow, you should put a warning on top of your post.
Thank God I was wearing shades to protect my eyes from all the shine. Great job.

mramay · 03-12-2007, 09:38 PM

That looks great!! A lot of work but a really nice result.

strife2 · 03-12-2007, 10:04 PM

The fan blade is VERY difficult, and took an arsenal of tools to do. Worse, it seems to be made out of a different alloy and corrodes/tarnishes almost immediately upon hitting air. I had to redo them on both cars and coat them with clear, which dulled the finish quite a bit.

There are additional problems with doing the fan blade, I think the danger of cracking/weakening it is real (a new one is VERY expensive, although it's possible to get one used). Also, I worried about affecting the balance. I can tell that one of them had been ground in spots for balancing. An unbalanced fan might put addtional strain on the clutch and/or water pump bearings.

BTW, I have a chrome plated accelerator servo for a 126 with new rubber isolation bushings. I bought this for my 107 and sent it to get chromed but the 107's mount is shaped differently so I couldn't use it. PM me if you want it - The chrome wasn't great, but it wasn't expensive either. Putting in those rubber mounts almost killed me.

DarkOneSK · 03-12-2007, 10:25 PM

hmm. maybe i'll just clean it and paint it then. The thought of spending what looks like another 10 hour job to see it tarnish in seconds doesn't sound too appealing to me. Thanks for the heads-up.