Engine bay prepped for painting

I put up three pics of the engine bay prep. Apparantly the line lock has been leaking and I had to strip a LOT of loose paint off :)

In addition, underneath the battery tray needed some stripping. A guess battery acid was the cause. There were some starting rust spots that had to be taken care off. That and the overheating boilovers from last year.

http://groups.msn.com/GMsFbody/themongoose.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=857

Thanks again to Cory for the help. I hope to get it painted next week.

hey I was gonna come too .. called ur cell phone, no answer, wasnt sure if it was still goin on or not .. so i didnt .. i was workin on the vert all day and it was on the road too :)

Sorry I didn't show Shaun, workin all weekend and shopping for new appliances. Next time for sure. ;)

That looks good , what did you use to strip to bare metal ? You may want to seal it with something if your going to leave it for a while before paint ( etch primer spray bomb is better than nothing ) . Micro corrosion starts seconds after the metal is stripped .

I cant wait to see the finished job :bow:

Old post but I was wondering if you have a write up somewhere or tips on repainting the engine bay?

-B

glad someone is still building an f body around here:p

Old post but I was wondering if you have a write up somewhere or tips on repainting the engine bay?

-B

Sorry I have not. Just grunt work taking everything apart and trying to remember how to put it back together.

glad someone is still building an f body around here:p


Hehe, noone's ever glad when they're built.

then they have to call matt to get it to run right, lol

I hate to admit it, but it's true. :)

hmmm i wonder how long till rickerby calls you, :D

I started to add primer to the areas that I sanded down to bare metal. This wasn't as hard as I thought! Just takes time to mask off and prep everything. There are certain areas that are hard to get to and I gouged some metal so I need to sand that area smooth and primer it again.

The primer alone looks good and almost matches the OEM Sebring silver. I may just pick out a can of spray paint that matches the car and be done with it. I'm not so sure spending $75.00 on a quart of paint is going to be worth it when noone else will notice the difference.

-B

I'll help out I don't mind, don't jack the thread Roy LOL.

Last I talked with Shaun he had not got to work on it much this summer.

It should look real good when he is done ;)

someone has to jack threads now that that armens not around, LOL