So today is the first opportunity I’ve had to get into the shed and progress is slow as I’m suffering man flu.
So I would say all of the parts are back in the shed, which is a good start.
Unfortunately Rex from T. rex racing said that he couldn’t weld the broken fins on the barrels, numbering 3 in total.
I’m tempted to make some sort of template and grind four of them back to a similar shape just to maintain the symmetry and to hopefully make it more subtle to my eye so I’m not constantly reminded of my dick head moment.
I decided to tackle the caliper as I was after some easy runs. I had purchased my VHT golden caliper paint and the can top seemed to be a very close match to the colour of the rims.
First I gave the Honda logo a quick polish, then a wipe down with wax and grease remover. It actually came up pretty good.
Before I committed a coat of paint. I thought I should paint up some galvanised plate I had lying around just to ensure the likeness of the cap was the same as the real life results...
It was not, the finish I was looking for. It was dull and the colour was not the same. Which defeats the purpose of spraying it in the first place. So I’ve decided rather than ruin the hydro-blasting job I will leave it as is.
I also polished up the metal chain guard I got from eBay came up pretty good not sure if I will use it but it’s looking pretty mean
The valves had all the seal changed and were lapped and the seals were really good, the heads were cleaned us with some mild head work.
The barrels weren’t acid dipped so now I’m thinking of holding off on reassembling the engine and getting the barrels hydro-blasted
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