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Old 03-07-2012, 10:17 PM
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What do I do about painting the engine? Can it be blasted, should it be? What all should be removed and all that jazz??
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Old 03-08-2012, 06:35 AM
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For me, I take the fins and head down to bare metal and leave it that way. Paint is an insulator and I want the most heat dissipation I can get. Paint the rest of the motor to the color of your choice. Some were yellow and some were black.
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Never sandblast an engine. You'll get sand in it that you won't be able to get out. I've always painted the cooling fins on the block (on engines that have an iron block), as they'll rust if they are not painted. I have never been able to find any data on the heat transfer capability of rust to compare with painted metal, but I suspect they're similar.
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A hearty wire brushing then I guess. The paint shop said they use high heat paint on the engine. Mines gonna be red, at least thats what Im currently thinking. The whole tractor will be red. I want red candy pearl but that may be more for the Trumps of the world! The wheels wil be some kinda special silver with a clear coat, it looks very close to chrome.
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