jbrentd's 2nd Chance CQ

[Tractor Dave]

Paint looks great. Now I can't decide between silver or black

[jbrentd]

Brilliant thread and a great story - good to see you returning her to her best!!

Thanks!

[Ian_C]

Brilliant thread and a great story - good to see you returning her to her best!!

[jbrentd]

Two coats of silver on the block and the EM is on. I think we’re getting close to yanking the 7A.

[Morris400]

When i pulled my WG off my Urs i has to use a dremel to cut the nuts off. They rounded pretty quick trying to get them off.

[Tractor Dave]

I think they will come off ok if you do it right. Clean off the surface rust with a wire wheel. Then heat up each nut a little. Then soak immediately in good penetrating oil for 24 hours. Then only use a hex socket, not an open ended spanner. Careful with the weld method here because sudden localised heat can crack cast iron.

[jbrentd]

What would you do...?

As I am working on the swap, a lot of hardware is getting replaced (studs, bolts, nuts, etc.). Everything will be stock to start off with, maybe for a long time. So, this combo of stock EM and WG will be used. Take a look at the nuts. I don’t think they’ll come off without issues. Should I leave them be?

Or should I go ahead and deal with it now before it gets worse?

If I were to upgrade, it would be something that would re-use the stock wastegate. So, I’ll have to deal with it at some point.

[Tractor Dave]

Thanks! I didn’t blast it. The kit comes with a degreaser, acid, primer, and top coat. They are applied in that order. The first two are rinsed off.

Excellent. I will get some for my Ur. I didn't want to blast as I was worried about stuff going in the openings.

[jbrentd]

Engine looks good. What prep is recommended for the por? Did you blast?

Thanks! I didn’t blast it. The kit comes with a degreaser, acid, primer, and top coat. They are applied in that order. The first two are rinsed off.

[jbrentd]

You're making good progress here. What Bentley manual is that in the above picture as it looks to a bit slimmer than the one that covers the 80, 90 and CQ?

Thank you! That is the engine volume for the ‘91 200. They came in a 3 volume set.

[Tractor Dave]

Engine looks good. What prep is recommended for the por? Did you blast?

[Nuvo]

You're making good progress here. What Bentley manual is that in the above picture as it looks to a bit slimmer than the one that covers the 80, 90 and CQ?

[jbrentd]

Got a coat of primer in the other night. Finish color will be silver, like I did on the 7A. The POR15 kit I bought last time has enough of some of the products to do 3 or 4 engines. Other products, only enough to do 2.

[jbrentd]

Prepping the block for a treatment of POR15 engine paint.

[jbrentd]

Picked up the head from the shop yesterday and spent some time in the garage today. Got it torqued down per the ARP instructions. Anyone know if I’ll have to retorque after some heat cycles?







Had to use my mad welding skills on another rounded off Allen head bolt. [emoji2357][emoji23][emoji2961]