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Re: Underhood rehabilitation
I haven't touched the intake yet. That will most likely be removed during the winter months and cleaned up. I will probably keep it a natural finish like the valve covers. However, I have used a bunch of Eastwood's restoration paints on our other cars, including the aluminum, silver cad and such. For the most part, I have been pleased with the results and they seem to hold up well. My favorite is their spray gray for a bare cast iron look.
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Do you know what, or anybody know, what GM used?
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It was probably bare aluminum. Someone else will have to chime in on this one though.
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The intake is coated, not bare. The valve covers bare. I wanted to know what GM used on the intake. Haven't seen anybody say what it is on all the post searches I did.
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Pretty sure those were painted from the factory.
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Yes, I know that but what paint or heat coating did they use is what I am trying to find out. I've got answers to everything but what I'm trying to find out.
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This is pretty close and Richard Clarks uses it
http://www.kirbanperformance.com/pro...t+%237419.html |
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Thanks, just ordered up a can.
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The rehabilitation effort moved to the dash today. I had a non-functional tripometer reset, a fuel gauge that reads all over the place, and a jumpy speedometer. I found Casper's instructions for tearing apart the tripometer and fixing it. Wasn't too bad to do and hopefully it will work as it should now.
My biggest issue was removing the cluster from the dash. For whatever reason, I had almost no slack in the tach/boost gauge harness and couldn't access the top right bolt for the speedo assembly. It took some effort to finally get at it as I was being very careful not to break anything. The bolt in the VSS next to the speedometer cable was a bit fun to access as well. I ended up removing the entire I/P surround and used a dab of strip caulk to hold the bolt in the socket to reinstall it. With the cluster out, I pulled and lubed the speedometer cable. Per Kirban's recommendations, I left the last couple of inches on the top side of the cable alone. Apparently, the lube can work its way up and spray around the cluster making a mess of things. The cable was essentially dry, so hopefully that will calm things down a bit. I determined what the prongs were on the back of the fuel gauge and then used a spare battery to test it. Connecting the positive and negative prongs it rose to "Full" and grounding the sender it fell to "Empty". I cleaned the prongs with steel wool and the contacts in the gauge cluster with some 400 grit. Clearly, the gauge is functioning properly so if the issue continues it has to be in the sender or wiring. |
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Very cool ...
On the fuel gauge ... my bet is on the sender/float.
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Ken Mosher 1987 GN original owner 650+ HP Black 2015 BMW 328xi XDrive wagon 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan (the Tig!) Night Blue Met (sold) 2006 Trailblazer SS Red Jewel Tint 395 HP AWD (sold) 2014 Silverado LTZ Crew 4WD 2012 Honda VFR 1200F Tahitian Blue (sold) 2015 BMW S1000R Racing Red 2013 Honda CBR500R Red (wife's bike) 2014 Triumph Bonneville T100 2003 Harley Davidson V Rod Anniversary Edition |
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