thepottleflump said:
Polishing is certainly an option but I have a tin of blue hammerite in the garage that I may well use just to get rid of it. I definately going to use it on the calipers and rear drums as that will set off nicely against the black.
Noooooooooooooooo!
DON'T use Hammerite! The cam cover, calipers and drums get very hot and will burn the paint! If you must paint these parts, use High Temperature or VHT (Very High Temperature) engine paint/ enamels. You can get these paints from most decent car accessory stores.
A good use for the Hammerite is to paint suspension components. I painted my turbo anti-roll bar and brackets before installing them, and have also painted a lower suspension arm (yet to fit it). I bought another lower suspension arm and will paint that too. All done in blue Smoothrite as I had a tin knocking around with nothing to use it on. Looks good and should help stop the bits going rusty. Well, maybe slow down the rusting
thepottleflump said:
I notice you have a K&N, is that an off-the-shelf item for the uno. I like the look of that so may well get one if it is relatively cheap. I also noice your breather pipe is heading off to the back left of the bay. Have you an oil catcher or is it venting to the floor?
The K&N was give to me by LouieB for helping him get his old Bianca through the MOT. Louie got it from Bushboy, who got it from someone else who...
Apparently it is an off the shelf item, but I've no idea what model it is nor how much it costs. It looks good, sounds nice and
maybe in certain conditions liberates an extra pony or two. But don't run it in winter or you'll be forever getting carb icing problems.
The breather pipe just, erm, breathes! It runs to the back of the engine bay just above the steering rack. My main concern was to stop emulsified gunk getting into the airbox, and with the K&N there is no provision for connecting the breather tube. I was going to get a catch tank made but have yet to get round to it
Bit naughty I know :devil:
See the thread(s) from M@nticore who made an excellent catch tank and breather from an aluminium Merc suspension unit. I might look into doing something like that myself when I get time away from writing bio-science essays
thepottleflump said:
I'm saving the pictures of the whole car until I have completed a little more work. There is little or no rust on the body just the rear o/s turret but it needs a damn good polish to get it looking sweet! Oooo the suspense!
Show us pics, show us pics! The suspense is killing us
Can't we tempt you to show some 'before' pictures like your engine bay shots?
