While preparing the engine tin for paint, I noticed that the windage tray on the oil pan had a broken seam. A quick ZAP with the mig and it was good to go.

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Categories: engine

I had a chance to go over the all of the engine tin once I got it back from Crown plating. For the most part, the tin pieces were in good shape and not real banged up. Some rusty pitting on some bits, but overall not terrible. The old issues that I could see that I would have to resolve before I started painting, was a cracked braze on the side cover vent tube and a broken weld on the oil pan splash guard. I had a bit of time to repair the vent tube, but the oil pan would have to wait.

With the tin nice and clean, the brazed crack was easily noticeable. I soaked the tin in brake cleaner to degrease the cracked area, and blasted it with an oxy/ace torch. After a few blobs of braze, the tin looked good as new, and ready to paint.

Tags: engine tin
Categories: engine