Engine color 78/79 GS1000

[chuck hahn]

Its agreat way to swap out sleeves though!!! Heat them sitting on the bottom of the sleeves and listen for the jugs to drop. HA HA. Then insert new ones and let cool sitting on the tops!! Buddy added this tip...put the new sleeves in the freezer to contract them a bit. Between the expanded aluminum and the contracted steel sleeves, youve got lots of wiggle room for repairs!!!

 

[wedoo2]

Hey, you could always go Caterpillar like this guy did.

Cracks me up every time I look at it.

 

[Seaking]

Its the pink trim that frightens me!

 

[wedoo2]

Does it say "Save the Ta-Ta s" Sorry about the thread hijack.

But I did use the VHT high heat metallic on a couple of mine restos and it looks great. Seems to hold up, but break it in like mentioned before.

 

[HaggisHombre]

Chuck, what a great job it looks like new.

 

[sharpy]

If u havent seen it, this is VHT universal paint, baked and finished...

 

[HaggisHombre]

That does look very nice. I have been calling around an no one near me does the soda blasting so it looks like I will be cleaning by hand.

 

[Seaking]

You could go the cheap alternative.. A small pancake compressor works well with this.

http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/

I used to use this method before going to a larger compressor and cabinet. Now looking to build a buckshee condenser to dry the air when doing large jobs.

 

[chuck hahn]

Would be 2 weeks doing an engine like that though.

 

[Seaking]

Cheap, not fast.. I hadn't tried the poor man's version on an engine, so couldn't say how long it would take but brake calipers, master cylinders etc didn't take long.

Cheers

 

[HaggisHombre]

Interesting suggestion, thanks.