12-Mar-2014
Bad oil pan paint
Aside from the paint being so bad, the bottom of the pan is bashed in from the previous owner bouncing off rocks. I'll have to remove the pan and pound the bottom back out.
Another reason the the bad running engine might be the problem of the fitting that the knock sensor screws into is completely plugged up with rusty sludge!
12-Mar-2014
Motor almost ready for paint
I scraped, wire brushed, and used rust remover to get the engine ready for paint.
12-Mar-2014
Engine ready for paint
I just need to support the engine so that I can remove the motor mounts and spray the new engine paint. I am going to use an engine paint that is impregnated with ceramic beads and also uses a hardener for good durability and fast drying.
I will be shooting my firewall after I shoot the engine. My firewall was a mess as well with a thick sort of undercoating that took me forever to remove.
26-Mar-2014
Rusted motor mounts
The motor mounts are in pretty bad shape. I will bead blast and powder coat them, then install them with new hardware and rubber pads.
26-Mar-2014
Motor mount in need of attention
I was able to find the new isolation rubbers online and I picked up some new grade 8 hardware for all of the mounting bolts.
19-Mar-2014
Engine and firewall painted
I used a two part engine paint that is impregnated with ceramic beads so it should be a long lasting paint plus it looks way better than that black rust that was on the motor. I chose a newer Chevy blue instead of the standard black. I almost went with old Chevy orange but I liked the idea of the blue better.
27-Apr-2014
Oil pan dents pounded out and painted
The previous owner must have done a bunch of rock bouncing on the oil pan because it was pretty beat up. I pounded out the dents from the bottom of the oil pan and shot it with a few coats of the blue engine paint.
06-May-2014
Old oil pump
Since I had the oil pan off to paint it up, I installed a new high volume oil pump before I reinstalled the pan.
29-Mar-2014
Front spring hangers in need of help
These spring hangers are a mess, I was thinking that I would just leave them and change it all down the road when I decide to link the suspension but I just couldn't stand it. The welds look really bad and the winch plate is welded to them as well. It is pretty hacked up.
29-Mar-2014
A bunch of metal stacked
There is metal stacked and welds that look like bubble gum so it all has to go!
06-APR-2014
Bad parts stripped
All of the excess metal and bad welds were stripped to reveal a decent frame.
06-APR-2014
Stripped and cleaned
This shows where the previous owner welded the spring hangers back further than they should be. At least that's what I believe because the wheelbase.is shorter than what it should be from the factory.