| Author | Message | ||
| David N (Nboy)
New member Username: Nboy Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2003 |
Jeff, Great work! Very impressed by your attention to detail. After all this work though, will you even want to drive the car afterwards? I don't think I'd have the heart to... David | ||
| Jeff Green (Carguy)
Member Username: Carguy Post Number: 588 Registered: 10-2002 |
Thanks George, everyone is so supportive that it keeps me going through the rough times. The parts are actually scrubbed clean and then zinc primered, and finally a light "fog coat" of aluminum paint. The fuel lines were polished by some very tired and very sore fingers over the course of 3 days. Then a combination of yellow anodize and gold paint was applied. The finish isn't concours correct, but good enough for my car. What gets me cranked out of shape is trying to get new nuts and bolts in my small town. Practically nothing on the shelf anywhere, so I must order them. It's usually due to the "medium" threads used or the nylock nuts that availibility is poor. Doing anything to a fuel system is scary as the smallest particle of dirt can screw everything up. So lots of solvents and cleaners are used, and numerous flushing outs of the various parts. I'd guess there are 20 to 30 hours of labor in this project, not counting running around finding little bits and pieces. Your TR with only 7200 miles must look as good if not better than I'm trying to make mine look. I wish my car was in that condition, I would be out enjoying it instead of working on it. Again George Thanks for the compliment! | ||
| George Pavlisko (Lrpman)
New member Username: Lrpman Post Number: 44 Registered: 10-2003 |
Jeff: Very impressed, just bought an 1988 TR with 7200 miles. You look like you are an expert in this Flat 12. I am used to the Jag V12. Anyway How many HOURS do you estimate it took to get these results? And also where did you get the parts OR is that 100% labor doing the polishing. Again it looks great! | ||
| Jeff Green (Carguy)
Member Username: Carguy Post Number: 586 Registered: 10-2002 |
Thanks Dave....I was always going to extremes to not get any grit or dirt into any parts of the system once it was opened up. Always tape over any openings, just in case. Every now and then I would use carb cleaner or contact cleaner, and blow out everything. I dread the thought of some piece of dirt making my life miserable next spring when I get the car back together. It still could happen, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I wish there was a way to flush the fuel distributors out prior to hooking everything up. But I'm not sure how to do this safely or without making a huge mess of everything. Although it looks nice, it will barely be visible when everything is installed on the motor. I would not do this job again knowing the amount of work involved. | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 2009 Registered: 5-2001 |
Jeff, That looks pretty damn awesome to me! Good work! Dave | ||
| Jeff Green (Carguy)
Member Username: Carguy Post Number: 585 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hello to all. I've nearly completed refinishing the fuel distributors, air meters, and fuel lines for my TR. Still need to order new fasteners and stuff. This job is much bigger than I thought it would be, and upon completion I think it was more work than the results show. But once started I was committed. Here are pics of some pieces as removed, and then cleaned. Even when clean they didn't look too good.   Here is the mostly refinished system. In the foreground is an old fuel injector and a new one just for comparison. There are many hours involved along with sore, raw, and occasionally bloody finger tips, to doing this job. But at least it's about done!   |