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healeyboz

healeyboz

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Any leads on high temp correct color green? I have looked at all of the local common parts stores and cannot find anything. I used to be able to find the right color pretty regularly!! I guess times have changed.
 
Have not seen but Moss has engine green.
 
Jack, where did you get your engine paint?

Didn't someone say Paul A. had a more "correct" green?
 
Got it from Moss, same with wheel paint.
 
Why do you want 'high-temp' green paint? If this is for the engine... remember that there are very few places on your car's engine that get hotter than the coolant (185-195 oF on a typical drive). Regular engine paint works well.

For the Mini I used POR-15's Austin-Healey green enamel. It's not in a rattle can but it thins well with mineral spirits for air brushing (valve covers and such). Brush painting cast iron works great. The link below is for a picture of my engine compartment. It will give you an idea of how the color compares.
https://home.mindspring.com/~dklawson/minipics/EngineCompartment1.jpg
 
Looks like the right color to me Doug. Nice job from what I can see.
 
'cept fer that BOSCH coil in there... and an "odd looking" dynamo.

sorry, couldn't help it! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
 
Thanks for the compliments. I know a lot of people use the Moss paint in the spray cans but it seems a bit expensive and it has to be thin to spray. The POR stuff is very thick and covers very well. A pint can of the POR enamel will cover a couple of A-series engines and related parts. One caveat though. DO NOT use their solvent. If you do, it's so volatile that you can't apply a second coat of paint without it wrinkling and lifting the first coat. For brushed parts apply one single heavy coat. For spray, thin with mineral spirits and spray the second coat while the first coat is still tacky. Any wrinkling or roughness on the sprayed parts can be smoothed out with rubbing compound.

DR, I love my Bosch coil. You'll have to pry it out of my engine compartment after I'm dead. Then you can fit the re-fit the standard Lucas unit... which is in attic storage, right next to the Lucas generator. The alternator is a Motorola (Bosch clone) unit which just barely fits. Were I made of money, I'd order the DynaLite generator. When I last checked it was close to $700 after all import duties were paid. Too bad. To keep the original appearance I'd buy one if they cost about 1/3 to 1/2 of that. See:
https://www.racemettleltd.co.uk/dyn.html
 
Just "pushin' yer leg" Doug. Not a THING wrong with a Bosch unit.

The DynaLite units are ~sexy~ sweet. But you're right: waay to much money in 'poverty adjusted' dollars.
 
Machined from a solid block of aluminium the Dynalite is designed to look just like a Lucas dynamo but offers the advantage of the vastly improved charging abilities of the alternator.

Wow, solid block of aluminium.
 
Wow, that Dynalite is cool. Even have one with the tach drive on the end. Where's that lottery win...
 
PowerGen makes very similar looking units for Chevy and Ford. Years ago I emailed them and asked if they'd consider making units that looked like either the straight or stepped case versions of the Lucas C40 generator. There are TONS of LBCs that could use it. I don't think they realize how much interest there would be if they could get the cost down close to $200 and IF the unit could use common repair parts... just in case it failed and needed repair.
 
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