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De-stinking Penelope

Apparently I'm blind as a bat. Can someone point out the crack to me? I see a screw mark where the oblong nut goes, but is that a crack?
 
Bolt poked the hole thru the inside where its more visible...it will leak all the way around the dimple the bolt made. The bolts are side specific due to length...dont mix them up like whoever did this has done.
 
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Bummer Dale. Should be easy enough to fix though.
 
If it wasn't for that broken off boss on the sprocket side, i would have just JB welded the damage from the outside.
 
Drill, center punch, sharp punch, countersink, robertson and straight drive tips and about a hours worth of work.



The case paint is glossy so the Eastwood engine paint might even be a closer match than I had originally suspected.







Upper engine case is all sanded ready to be put in the laundry tub for the third time. :)
 
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One thing I know for certain, I know I'll be fearful of scratching it when it's finally finished.
 
Power washed and scrubbed in the laundry tub twice. Thoroughly scuffed it down with a red scotch-brite until all corrosion is gone. Degreased and almost ready for paint. Can't wait for the lower to come back from the welder.






 
Nice!!! Gonna paint the halves before any reassembly i assume??? Probably best move to prevent grease recontamination to the cases???
 
Yep. Paint all the pieces then assemble it. Tomorrow I'll start sanding on the cam cover in between hanging the plastic on the 'booth' and painting Star's pieces.
 
Didn't get a chance to wrap the booth in plastic. Reconfigured it a bit to allow for a door instead of just a plastic flap. Moved things around in the garage and vacuumed the floor. I'll wrap it tomorrow. Dog tired today..



 
Hm, I don't see any structural bracing in the roof framing... I would be concerned that strong lateral forces may compromise the integrity of the build...





(just joking)
 
Per Ivors suggestion I added a sky hook to counteract any possible un-for-seen lateral forces . ;)

The wife and I wrapped it in plastic tonight.



Need to pick up a high efficiency pleated furnace filter and hang the door tomorrow. The plan is to put a box fan on the outside of the booth and blow the air through the filter. Between that, wetting down the floor and hitting the plastic with an anti-static spray, that should hopefully keep the the dust to a minimum.

 
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Blow-in design for lack of explosion proof fan Dale? Hope you don't blow dust in. I'm sure it will be fine.

Can't wait for some action shots! Engine first? Eastwood engine paint right?
 
The reason I'm blowing air into the booth is to keep air infiltration to a minimum. The way I figure, if I pressurize the enclosure, filtered air will escape the cracks rather than the other way around.

Currently the plan is to shoot the engine bits first then work my way into the body pieces and all the semi-gloss components. I'll leave the aluminum components that require clear until last. Need to figure out what to use to buff them after sanding in the mean time.

Eastwood products for the engine and the aluminum components. :D
 
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Yahooooo, watching with interest.
I also prefer a blow in system to prevent dust ingress, built a 6m X 4m booth for a budy of mine a few weeks back, and rigged it for positive pressure in the booth as he has a fiberglass works and the place is filled with fine dust that gets in everywhere.
 
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