PartCleaningAndRenewal

From John Clarke Mills Project Wiki

Since I will be not replacing every single part with a brand new, I decided to refurbish the old ones. Although there is very little rust, there is still a little which I have decided to clean up, for example the radiator. What I have done is sanded down any rust I can find and/or get at and then sprayed them will rust removal which dries into a primer. After that I am spraying them with a light color of semi-gloss black high temperature paint.

Here is the radiator after it has been preped and painted

Intake manifold primed and ready for paint
After the machinist bead blasted the manifold and I ported it out to accept the bigger carb, I cleaned and primed it.

Valve cover is primed, colored, and ready for a high temp clear coat

The battery box has been cleaned and primed
This is a real problem area on 2002's. It was completely rusted and therefore rusted the paint on the body as well. To prevent the problem from happening anytime soon I scraped and clean off most of the rust and sprayed it with rust killer which turns to primer. Then I sprayed yet more grey primer after that.

Parts are complete and ready for install