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Making old parts look new again :)
So I had an old dizzy laying around here:
http://i32.tinypic.com/10f8j9j.jpg http://i27.tinypic.com/2evrdbm.jpg And got bored, took a brass wheel to it: http://i28.tinypic.com/28c3ei9.jpg http://i31.tinypic.com/rh4j90.jpg It came out surprisingly well! Too bad I won't be needing the dizzy... So I took off my alternator :biggrin: : http://i28.tinypic.com/123tto2.jpg http://i29.tinypic.com/2ugf5ee.jpg http://i29.tinypic.com/nyv3mp.jpg http://i27.tinypic.com/21oyfpd.jpg http://i30.tinypic.com/i40e2r.jpg So what have you guys made new looking? |
damn they look good! not bad for a brass wheel the high shine lasts for a while and after about a year or so it starts to dull but it takes longer for for it to get back to the way it was.
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The brass wheel looks like the way to go with the SA alts... they're way too bumpy to be worth trying for full-polish. An FD alt with it's smooth-cast case would be a different story.
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looks good. now spray some clear on it.
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If you clear it, make sure it's a good quality new can of clear (unless you're a painter, too and have some nice HLVP guns and the right type of clear). I made the mistake of using some old hi-temp clear on my oil filter pedestal and it made it look worse.
Great job on the parts! I need to pull out my old model car paint brushes, brass-wheel my S5 alt, and paint the center strip to match my dizzy. After I get a full-face shield, safety glasses aren't cutting it when I've been cleaning parts or polishing. I might actually finish polishing my SE 13b front cover after I do my alt... Your parts are inspiring, keep up the great work, Stu... |
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Stu -
hope that ol' dizzy can be swapped into the car ;) Looks gorgeous - but, yeah, clear it or you'll be at it again in a year.... My Make-'em-New efforts: powdercoat is my weapon-of-choice: -various brackets, battery tray, headlit motors detailed -waterpump and engine mount |
Nice Stu, I need to get one of those brass wheels, I'll bet they hold up better than the steel wire ones. Here's my alternator that I did several years ago with the steel wire wheel, I took the video to show the timing check but it shows the alternator nicely:
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h.../th_timing.jpg Like Michael says, spray with clear coat to preserve the shine and keep the aluminum from oxidizing again. This one was done that way at least four years ago. I used Krylon crystal clear, not a heat paint but holds up well and unlike some automotive clear coats I've tried it really does produce a durable crystal clear coating. Here's what that alternator and some other things I hit with the wheel looked like when I first did them http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_i...0122_large.jpg And here's the steel wire wheel http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_i...0121_large.jpg Nothing spiffs up an engine bay like a shiny "new" alternator! |
You know what you all are forcing me to have to do, right...?
& I don't even have a bench grinder. |
Originally Posted by DivinDriver
(Post 9492299)
You know what you all are forcing me to have to do, right...?
& I don't even have a bench grinder. Parts are all looking good guys, I was thinking of doing some powercoating as well. |
Originally Posted by 7aull
(Post 9492088)
Stu -
hope that ol' dizzy can be swapped into the car ;) Looks gorgeous - but, yeah, clear it or you'll be at it again in a year.... My Make-'em-New efforts: powdercoat is my weapon-of-choice: -various brackets, battery tray, headlit motors detailed -waterpump and engine mount |
Originally Posted by ray green
(Post 9492231)
Nice Stu, I need to get one of those brass wheels, I'll bet they hold up better than the steel wire ones. Here's my alternator that I did several years ago with the steel wire wheel, I took the video to show the timing check but it shows the alternator nicely:
Like Michael says, spray with clear coat to preserve the shine and keep the aluminum from oxidizing again. This one was done that way at least four years ago. I used Krylon crystal clear, not a heat paint but holds up well and unlike some automotive clear coats I've tried it really does produce a durable crystal clear coating. Here's what that alternator and some other things I hit with the wheel looked like when I first did them And here's the steel wire wheel Nothing spiffs up an engine bay like a shiny "new" alternator! |
Don't start Glen (divindriver)!! I don't think this website has enough bandwidth to hold all of his "making old parts look new again"
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Originally Posted by 80's old school
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Don't start Glen (divindriver)!! I don't think this website has enough bandwidth to hold all of his "making old parts look new again"
Before: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/IMG_0035.jpg During: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/P8230058.jpg After: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/P9070014.jpg |
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That clear looks like it should work better than the old hight-temp stuff I used. How did it turn out after it dried? I'll have to pick some up and try it out, it looks great in the pic above!
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Originally Posted by DivinDriver
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looking good rxforspeed. stu, clamp that drill in a vise, but not too tight or u'll crack the housing. works great. did this for yrs before i had an old bench grinder follow me home one day from a place i worked at yrs ago.
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You can get a good bench grinder for $30 at homedepot, I don't know how you guys live without one.
Check out this trick. You know how your old stock Clarion sound system starts to get a few too many fingerprints on it? Knobs turning green, clear coat peeling, I think I'm gonna' paint that sucker condition? http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...een/before.jpg http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...n/DSCF1016.jpg Well I discovered that if you get yourself some 95% ethanol and a soft cloth you can rub all the crud off and get back to that beautiful off-gold metallic finish: http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...DSCF1020-1.jpg You can clear coat it if you like but next time I'm going with the Krylon crystal clear instead of automotive clear coat, it's much cleaner http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...een/blight.jpg http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...tsandradio.jpg http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...DSCF1167-1.jpg |
Originally Posted by rxforspeed
(Post 9492632)
OMG-it looks like you've cleaned, coated, and dressed everything in that entire engine bay! How long that that take to complete? What tools were you using; did you have access to an acid bath for your parts? I couldn't imagine cleaning everything in the engine compartment by hand with a drill and grinder...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/P6280006.jpg Pretty much all the same parts, except for the alt. Drill, dremel, hand-sanding, lots of brake cleaner, Aircraft stripper... lots of rubbing.. and lots of rattlecan practice. No acid bath, no sandblasting... I probably used up about a hundred of those little spongy buffer wheels for the dremel, though. Actual time involved is probably about 2 1/2 years of occasional nights and weekends, spread across the last 8 years. |
this thread makes me wanna go outside and re-do my whole engine bay, good job guys, parts look great!
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i'm almost done washing, buffing, clay bricking, washing and waxing, Mr peepers and then it rained...
still looks WAY WAY better |
I love how a simple wire wheelin' can make an old part look so much nicer!
Here's my rebuild thread so far and its got pictures of all the parts I cleaned up and made nice lookin' again. Hopefully I will be posting an update on the progress soon! https://www.rx7club.com/build-threads-293/rising-ashes-pics-warned-812400/ |
Man, this "peer pressure" stuff is a biatch... look what you people made me do!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/P9180070.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/P9190071.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/P9190074.jpg |
Originally Posted by DivinDriver
(Post 9507145)
Man, this "peer pressure" stuff is a biatch... look what you people made me do!
[/IMG] http://i34.tinypic.com/fk1p9x.jpg And my next part: http://i34.tinypic.com/wwgj0g.jpg I am going to yoink off the carb to get the housings real good. Might do the back inspection plate as well! |
Ok, so after numerous battles with mosquitoes, I only got the inspection plate done before the swarm came in.
The plate is a little bent up at one end. Oh well, when I get the engine out I will get a better inspection plate. This took me all of 10 minutes to do. http://i37.tinypic.com/117say1.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/2wmjuyp.jpg It looks better in person. The dark spot was a bend in the metal. I tried moving the plate around so I could get a better picture of it, but the rotor gods are against me today http://i35.tinypic.com/25qwy8z.jpg Got a few scratches on it pulling it back out :lol:. Oh well, buffed it a little again. Got one bolt cleaned up, and went to clean up another bolt when the brush snagged it and flung it across the garage! I have no clue where it went, and I searched for quite a bit! http://i34.tinypic.com/24ffate.jpg Looks good though. |
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