 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  08-11-2009, 06:15 AM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Damascus, Maryland Posts: 434 |  Been working on my engine bay. Pics.
While I wait for parts to come in, I decided to make my engine bay look a bit prettier. 303'd the plastics, speed shined all painted pieces, and wire brushed lots of pieces throughout the bay. I'm pretty pleased with a few nights work. I wish I had the means to lift the engine and do it properly...but I did what I can. Comments are more than welcome!   And the other project:  __________________  |  |  | | 08-11-2009, 07:25 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
I am jealous, hours of sanding and using steel wool and engine degreaser and my engine bay still looks neglected  | | | | | 08-11-2009, 07:56 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Damascus, Maryland Posts: 434 |
Quote: Originally Posted by tiFreak  I am jealous, hours of sanding and using steel wool and engine degreaser and my engine bay still looks neglected | Pauly. Scotchbrite and a wire brush will be your best friends in there. I'm quite anal about the cleanliness of my engine bay, so don't feel awful. __________________ | | | | | 08-11-2009, 08:24 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 |
One of my pet peeves is a dirty engine bay. I always clean my bay once a month.
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Last edited by Maverix; 08-11-2009 at 08:29 AM. | | | | | 08-11-2009, 12:08 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 234 |
it looks like you bought it new!
maybe i should try cleaning mine... Is that an airplane body? | | | | | 08-11-2009, 04:00 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gulfport, Florida Posts: 3,208 |
How do you and what do you use to make the intake manifold aluminum shine up that nice?
How do you keep it looking like that? Is there a clear coat that can be added? | | | | | 08-11-2009, 04:42 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SOUTH Jersey Posts: 1,085 |
I would not clear cloat it.. but try this stuff instead. It's big with the hotrod crowd. http://www.zoopseal.com/zoopseal.asp That looks VERY nice. I am going to detail my engine this winter when the car is laid up for some bodywork | | | | | 08-11-2009, 04:53 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 3,244 |
I am preserving mine under a nice even coat of cosmoline and grit.  Baker- did you remove the cosmoline? how? __________________
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Wow Baker, that looks beautiful. So you wire brushed the valve cover and intake manifold? Mine could really use that treatment. __________________ ~Dave~
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looks really nice and CLEAN. good work. must've taken a bunch of hours of scrubbing and what not.
COOL, i see that airplane body. Can you fly? __________________ 
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That looks great! You inspired me to make this one of my next projects for my ti. Well, after I get it back on the road. __________________ Clever but we are clueless...
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i dont mean to thread steal but im doing the same thing and i have something right in front of my engine and it goes across to the air intake manifold, what is it? it's keeping me from brushing some of the engine clean
Last edited by acevedo12; 08-11-2009 at 08:51 PM. | | | | | 08-11-2009, 09:40 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 |
that looks soo good :P __________________ 
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Haha thank you everyone! It did take a bit of time but I think it paid off. The cosmoline came off with a real stiff wire brush...it flaked and went airborne and I had to cover my face after a while because of how bad my eyes started burning..haha. I also used smaller brushes on all of the little rings and clamps on the hoses and what not, which made a big difference. About the airplane body, no I don't have my pilot's license. My father has been a private pilot since he was around 17, and that is the fuselage to his 1947 Stinson 108-3. He has been slowly, slowly restoring it since 1996 due to rust on the under belly, and flies a 1946 Aeronca Chief as his "daily," haha. Here are some pictures of them both: Aeronca Chief:  Stinson 108-3 (when it was flying):  @ Johnboy - It was just a very tough wire brush for the large parts, and a smaller circular brush for the smaller parts. The intake manifold was a LOT harder to get shiny then the oil cover. I used a aluminum cleaner/polish on all of the parts I worked on, and that seems to preserve the luster pretty well. I'll go out into the garage and take a picture of all of the things used for you. @ acevedo - I'm not 100% sure what you are talking about. Maybe if you circle it in one of my pictures, or take a picture of your own I could help more. Thanks again everyone for looking and commenting. It's great seeing the reactions after putting solid work into it.  __________________ | | | | | 08-12-2009, 12:59 AM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Florida Posts: 678 |
That bay looks INCREDIBLE!... PLease do share pics of the tools and cleaners used so that we can all try this on our cars!  Love the planes!... __________________ 2LT Rodriguez CA ARNG
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