In order to get at the back of the pan I had to remove the flexplate – not a biggie.
I’m using small balls of dum-dum to fill the bolt holes to keep paint out of the threads.
All primed up using Tremclad rust primer and regular Duplicolor automotive primer. I’ll need to add another full coat of Duplicolor primer – see problems below.
I went on to paint the seat bodies and hinge covers with doeskin spray paint I ordered in from Corvette Depot. The hinges came out fine, but when I put the paint to the seat bodies it dissolved the primer and wrinkled. It seems the Tremclad primer is not compatible with this vinyl paint. So it’s back to sanding and prepping again. I tested a patch on the inside of the body with regular Duplicolor paint and then the vinyl paint. It works fine. So I’ll have to re-prime the seats with regular automotive primer.
A little spare time so I went on to clean up the exhaust manifolds – they got a good coating of oil when I adjusted the valves and didn’t put the oil clips on the rocker arms! I’m also cleaning up the exhaust pipes and will paint them with VHT high temp black engine paint. For the price of the duals ($500) you’d think they’d be stainless. They’ll rust up very quickly unless I get some paint on them. All the band clamps and regular clamps are stainless.
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