Spray-can engine bay painting effort

[sammyb]

As some might recall, when I got my TR3 two years ago, the day I got back the brakes seized, and after some sleep-deprived tinkering, there was a huge brake-fluid spill under my resevior. It peeled and bubbled a ton of paint in the engine bay.

Yesterday, I finally decided to do something about it. I pulled-off a strip of bubbled paint, brought it to the local Schucks, put it up against the paint cans -- brought a can home and went to work.

Here's the result -- not bad for $4 in paint and an hour of time (most of the time spent battling tape around the lines.) The color is just a slight tad darker -- but it is less evident then the bubbling was! If I were to do it again, I'd use white primer, which would lighten the color just the tinest amount.

I also painted the bonnet rod, which like in many TR3s, had peeled from not being properly primed, (or from heat from the radiator when keeping the bonnet up after a long trip.)

 

[aeronca65t]

What kind of engine compartment is that?
Where's the air conditioning compressor, the power steering pump and what happened to the brake vacuum booster?
Where's the fuel injection lines and why isn't your cam cover made out of plastic?
I don't see any cruise control mechanism or dip stick for the automatic trans fluid.
No hydraulic hood struts?
I don't see any computer-type connectors: how can this engine run?
And what are those two odd-looking pieces of plumbing sticking out of the right side of the engine?

Just kidding.....looks great! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
(Ahh, for simpler times and simpler engines).

 

[BOXoROCKS]

Very nice good job, the spin off oil filter is cheating tho

 

[trrdster2000]

Nice job, and like everything else on these great cars, it just takes a little time to do it right. Wayne

 

[sammyb]

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Very nice good job, the spin off oil filter is cheating tho

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It was on there when I bought the car. I still have the canister, though...just too lazy to put it back on.

By the way, if you get up close, you can still see many imperfections in the firewall paint, but the object was to be able to open the bay at shows and not see all those bubbles. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, but I won't be giving up my day job to become a body man! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[TRMark]

Quote: "And what are those two odd-looking pieces of plumbing sticking out of the right side of the engine?"

You don't recognize the flush valve on a urinal? Get out much?

 

[waltesefalcon]

Nial, you forgot to ask where the individual coil packs were, and what that black thing with the plug wires running out of it was. Looks good Sammy.

 

[Geo Hahn]

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It [the spin-on] was on there when I bought the car. I still have the canister, though...just too lazy to put it back on.

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Handiest thing is to stick with the spin-on but paint the filters in something to approximate the color of the canister. Best to work ahead so they have several months to dry (I do a half dozen at a time) since fuel drips can happen there.

 

[sammyb]

That looks very cool.

I might do that for the next oil change.

 

[martx-5]

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Handiest thing is to stick with the spin-on but paint the filters in something to approximate the color of the canister. Best to work ahead so they have several months to dry (I do a half dozen at a time)...

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GEO...GEO...GEO...I'm worrying about how I'm going to weld the trunk floor in my TR3, and you're painting spin on filters to look like the canister. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hammer.gif

I hope I get to point point you're at one of these days.

 

[philman]

i used a rattle can also to paint the engine bay on my '81 tr7. i had the local auto paint shop mix up the correct color in a spray can. it took me about 3 cans.