Thread: Work on the 'ol ute tomorrow

Looking good mate can't wait to see all done and lookin all flashy What color are you thinkin of painting the old girl ? Pity i wasn't coming up .... would of liked to see some of your handy work first hand .

I am thinking about bronze green for this one as well. But I hadn't planned on painting her - just a bit of a polish. It seems that those people around me are changing my mind.

Hey Troy that flash red Red motor is gonna make that old girl really belt along, wanna clean up my old Grey 6 for me, only has about 40 years of caked oil and crud you cant shift with a scraper, gonna be a petrol degrease job. Shes going great mate keep it up.

Will gladly clean up your grey motor for you... but it may come back a shade of red and with engine mounts in the wrong spot...

No need to remove all that build up crud if its stopping other leaks on a workhorse. Mines just looking pretty as I am a bit bored and had to have somethin gto do prior to going back to work.

But I cant paint over that old junk with the Grey enamel !, you are right if I clean it off and run it it will spew oil from everywhere, but for the sake off it looking clean and tidy think we can change the sideplate gasket and valve cover and avoid the leaks, still think you will burn me off in a race to 20mph!

Hey Troy . Is there any parts you need for the holden engine at all ? i have plenty of bits floating around the shed

A nice clean and freshly painted grey motor would look great. New gaskets on the side plates etc would sort out most oil leaks as well.

Originally Posted by wannalandy

Hey Troy . Is there any parts you need for the holden engine at all ? i have plenty of bits floating around the shed

I am pretty right at the moment just looking for the dizzy and coil off a VC Commodore (elec type). Could possibly do with spares such as fuel pump, water pump etc if you wanted to get rid of stuff. The alternator will also be the next thing as she will probably only go for a bit (have ignored it to date).

Let me know what you want to get rid of and we can work something out.

Anyway - I'm off as I need sleep. Catch you later. Troy