bugger wrong colour.(Updated wrong paint)

[dullbird]

So I had some high temp paint for the engine....it said it was aluminum on the tin but the colour swatch actually looked really dark more like a cast iron which was what I was after..

did a test spray and coulen't really tell as the paint seemed quite watery even though I shock the can till my arm fell off

anyway I thought oh well lets give it a go....

and sure enough it is aluminum very light!! nothing like the swatch on the can....and it has also gone on terribly (it is only the first coat) even so I feel very sad now as it looks like I'm putting a V8 block into my series2a not a 2.25 petrol....

The annoying thing is if I want to go darker I have to take to it with sand paper to rough it all up again.

I guess you learn by your mistakes

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Bad luck DB

Engine enamel is always a prob for Landies, as no one makes spray cans for the OEM duck egg blue of the SIIa engines.

At least silver/aluminium is one colour that can be coloured over easily.

[dullbird]

That was the annoying thing was we originally picked up silver which was lighter swatch then the aluminum so choose the aluminum.....

oh well..

actually Diana perhaps you can tell me what this is..what is the little thing above the water pump that has the top hose atttached to it? its not like a thermostat or something like that is it?

reason I ask is I took the top hose off and part of the outlet was corroded so think I need a new one

[Lostkiwi]

Thats a bit of bad luck dullbird At least you got that color!! I sprayed my Holden motor with a can that said "Holden Red" on it. Now all my mates are giving me heaps because they reckon it's Pink!!!

But i don't think so! What does everyone else say?

[dullbird]

Nah thats def red mate!!

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Thats a bit of bad luck dullbird At least you got that color!! I sprayed my Holden motor with a can that said "Holden Red" on it. <snip>
But i don't think so! What does everyone else say?

That's the Holden red of the later Holden Red engines starting at HT including HQ. The 149/161/179 etc were a darker red.

[Lostkiwi]

Nah thats def red mate!!

Thanks im glad i not the only one saying it's red
I think my mates must be Color blind!!
But they have being paying out on this one for a couple of weeks now!! So thanks for the back up

[Dinty]

G'day All,
The paint I have used for the past 11 years is 'Ford Gray' engine enamel, a high temp paint costs around $33.00 per can, 1 can is enough to paint a Land Rover engine


hope thats of some help, it does just paint straight over over paint etc, but make sure block is free of oil etc cheers Dennis

[drifter]

That was the annoying thing was we originally picked up silver which was lighter swatch then the aluminum so choose the aluminum.....

oh well..

actually Diana perhaps you can tell me what this is..what is the little thing above the water pump that has the top hose atttached to it? its not like a thermostat or something like that is it?

reason I ask is I took the top hose off and part of the outlet was corroded so think I need a new one

It is probably the thermostat housing. There are 3 parts to it:

1. The chunky bit that houses the thermostat and has a side opening for
2. The side bit that routes to the bypass hose
3. The top bit that the top hose attaches to.

Mine looked pretty manky, too, but when I saw the price of the replacement bits, I decided to clean them up.

Bad luck on your engine colour. I am still looking for the paint I will use on mine.

[drifter]

G'day All,
The paint I have used for the past 11 years is 'Ford Gray' engine enamel, a high temp paint costs around $33.00 per can, 1 can is enough to paint a Land Rover engine
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...9;t=1290315636
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...9;t=1290315802
hope thats of some help, it does just paint straight over over paint etc, but make sure block is free of oil etc cheers Dennis

Thanks Dennis. VERY helpful