I just use generic black VHT engine enamel in cans. One can goes a very long way and there's no need for primer.amulheirn wrote:Yeah - thanks Roger. It was from you that I discovered I had painted it wrong originally! Ho hum. I could do without prepping the darn thing for paint again, but it has to be done. Does anyone have recommendations on block paint?Roger King wrote:Just a little note for completeness' sake - all 289 Cobra engine blocks were painted black.amulheirn wrote:We sprayed it dark Ford blue, which I since discovered is probably wrong.
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Getting ready to install the axle on Thursday - hopefully. Checking I've got all I need from Gerry:
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That looks about right.
I ended up taking the spacers out to improve ground clearance as the springs will settle. I also greased the springs and wrapped them in Denso tape which firms them slightly. Much easier to wrap them before fitting, but it's your call if you do or don't.
I carry a spare wheel, tools, fire extinguisher and the hood in the boot so there's a bit of load in there. This combination gives about an inch of clearance between tyre and arch all the way around.
When you first fit the body it sits very high but after a few thousand miles the springs do settle by quite a bit.
I ended up taking the spacers out to improve ground clearance as the springs will settle. I also greased the springs and wrapped them in Denso tape which firms them slightly. Much easier to wrap them before fitting, but it's your call if you do or don't.
I carry a spare wheel, tools, fire extinguisher and the hood in the boot so there's a bit of load in there. This combination gives about an inch of clearance between tyre and arch all the way around.
When you first fit the body it sits very high but after a few thousand miles the springs do settle by quite a bit.
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Ah - Denso tape! I forgot that - and have just ordered some for express delivery tomorrow. Thanks...
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Stu - did you do what this chap did? http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/jensenmonday ... prings.htm
I wondered if there was a better way than tie-wraps - looping the Denso tape back under itself each time or something.
Obviously this wouldn't have been an original feature of these cars, but I'm just keen to protect the investment!
I wondered if there was a better way than tie-wraps - looping the Denso tape back under itself each time or something.
Obviously this wouldn't have been an original feature of these cars, but I'm just keen to protect the investment!
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Aha, young Andrew - that's where you're wrong! Denso tape was indeed an original factory treatment for the springs - but of course they were transverse leafs, not the bilateral backend things you have.
Wrapped in Denso tape after slathering liberally with OGL or Open Gear Lubricant. I did write this up a fairly recent mag as part of the series on my car, can't remember which issue, sorry.
Wrapped in Denso tape after slathering liberally with OGL or Open Gear Lubricant. I did write this up a fairly recent mag as part of the series on my car, can't remember which issue, sorry.
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Whoops - of course! And I think I read your article, so i'll dig it out. I should think twice before typing...
Edit: It was in the autumn 2014 edition. Thanks Roger.
Edit: It was in the autumn 2014 edition. Thanks Roger.
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Good grief, was it that long ago? And that was written over a year after I'd done them...
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I didn't need cable ties and didn't cut the tape down into 18" strips. Use latex gloves! The chap that wrote that article sounds like a right wuss! Working in Maintenance for 20 years I've had my hands in far worse things than Denso tape.
But I would advise latex gloves as it just saves the scrubbing with swarfega mixed with aluminium oxide!
Follow Rogers recommendations and you wont go far wrong!
But I would advise latex gloves as it just saves the scrubbing with swarfega mixed with aluminium oxide!
Follow Rogers recommendations and you wont go far wrong!
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Listen mate, 35 years of dentistry (including the first 10 years in the pre-glove era) means my hands have been in much nastier stuff than yours!StewbieC wrote:Working in Maintenance for 20 years I've had my hands in far worse things than Denso tape.
You know how old people can smell of cabbage? Well, they keep quite a lot of it, semi-digested and often for weeks, under their dentures... and the feeling of satisfaction when you stick a scalpel in an abscess the size of a golf ball is quite something, although the pus has been known to hit the wall on the other side of the room.