Just painted the engine bay
Here are some reference shots of what I took off and how I did the engine bay in the Scamp. I did the bottom of the hood and the hinges at the same time.
The master cylinder looks like it was taken off, but it got bagged with the engine and the lines were masked. The E brake, wiper motor, heater inlet and outlet as well as anything else that shouldn't have paint on it, like insulation clips were all masked.
That shows a picture of the components restored that went back on, including the wiring and shows that the engine was not removed during paint.
I pulled a lot of the top end of the engine and cleaned everything up in a blasting cabinet.
Flip flopped the masking and did the engine stuff. Pulled the manifolds, pulleys, PS pump and I needed a new gearbox, so I pulled the old one while I was in there prepping for paint. I also blacked out the grille areas as per the original pattern, so body color wouldn't show through the grille.
The wiring harnesses are original, but I unwrapped them, tagged branch areas with red tape to keep everything intact and replaced entire wires as needed as well as terminals with soldered ones and heat shrink tube, before hanging one end from a wire, pulling the wire tense and re-wrapping each one. I also managed to gain 4 volts acrossed the headlamp and ammeter circuits after going through everything. I media blasted the bulkhead pins and coated them with graphite paint, which is conductive and helps keep it from corroding.
Here are some reference shots of what I took off and how I did the engine bay in the Scamp. I did the bottom of the hood and the hinges at the same time.
The master cylinder looks like it was taken off, but it got bagged with the engine and the lines were masked. The E brake, wiper motor, heater inlet and outlet as well as anything else that shouldn't have paint on it, like insulation clips were all masked.
That shows a picture of the components restored that went back on, including the wiring and shows that the engine was not removed during paint.
I pulled a lot of the top end of the engine and cleaned everything up in a blasting cabinet.
Flip flopped the masking and did the engine stuff. Pulled the manifolds, pulleys, PS pump and I needed a new gearbox, so I pulled the old one while I was in there prepping for paint. I also blacked out the grille areas as per the original pattern, so body color wouldn't show through the grille.
The wiring harnesses are original, but I unwrapped them, tagged branch areas with red tape to keep everything intact and replaced entire wires as needed as well as terminals with soldered ones and heat shrink tube, before hanging one end from a wire, pulling the wire tense and re-wrapping each one. I also managed to gain 4 volts acrossed the headlamp and ammeter circuits after going through everything. I media blasted the bulkhead pins and coated them with graphite paint, which is conductive and helps keep it from corroding.