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Old 03-14-2011, 04:24 PM
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Question Engine Degreasing/Painting
What is the best way to degrease and paint an engine? My K301 is torn down. All that remains is the governer and the front (pto side) crankshaft bearing. Neither of these items I want to remove. Should I wait until the engine is reassembled to degrease/paint? Any tips, tricks, and info would help.
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Old 03-14-2011, 04:43 PM
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I will clean block in parts washer and them it goes in a sink that in my garage. I will soap and hot water to do final clean up. I will compress air to help dry the block. My blocks usually just came back from automotive machine shop before I do the last 2 washes. I like to make sure I get all metal shavings out of the block before assembly.

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John, I have all my machine work at my local NAPA and they "Hot Dip" the block for me also so they come back looking like this. Then I use self etching primer before final paint.
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John, I have all my machine work at my local NAPA and they "Hot Dip" the block for me also so they come back looking like this. Then I use self etching primer before final paint.
Napa? Really? WOW, didn't know they could do that!! What kind of machine work? I like how the block looks after the hot dip
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Old 03-18-2011, 01:19 PM
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Not all NAPA's have a machine shop but my local one does and they can bore blocks, grind valves and seats and turn cranks.
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That looks great.
Mind if I ask what they charge for the work?
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ya, our Napa is by far not that cool.... Do they do the stuff in house or send it out?
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My local NAPA only does Hydraulics, no machine work .
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When I had this block done last year, they bored it, ground the valves and seats, checked the guide clearance and hot dipped it for 100 bucks. Hot dipping is also the way they found a cracked block I had done on a customers rebuild I did also. I have a great way of fixing cracked blocks also.
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When I had this block done last year, they bored it, ground the valves and seats, checked the guide clearance and hot dipped it for 100 bucks. Hot dipping is also the way they found a cracked block I had done on a customers rebuild I did also. I have a great way of fixing cracked blocks also.

Do you care to share your technique?

...or is it "Top Secret"?
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