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    Extractor Paint/coating

    This rebuild of this HJ ute of mine will be the death of me (three years I've been going at it but doing all of the work/paint/panel/etc myself but hey during this time I've moved twice, changed jobs once, started renovations and greeted another edition to the family 6 weeks back) as it was only ever going to be off the road for "a quick tidy up". Famous last words I know - it is stretching out a long way but I'm determined not to do a half rrr'sed job on it.

    Anyway, the 308 in it wasn't all that bad (apart from a mild blown head gasket between two pots and a couple of welch plugs that looked a bit sus) as I had had the heads off and cam out of it about 5000km ago (although that was 2007). I decided to give it a reasonable freshen-up, so pulled the front panels off (didn't want them damaged) and ripped it out a couple of weeks back and dropped it off for cleaning up/machining. In the meantime I've used the opportunity to clean-up the engine bay a little better and tidy up the wiring etc.

    Was thinking of using some of that black stove paint (or whatever works best) to coat the extractors after giving them a clean up on the wire brush/sanded. What have you folks used (of late) that seemed to work well and how well did it last?

    Owing to heading deeper into a mortgage I probably wont see the end of until I'm about 150 years old I've had to hold off doing the boosted 355 I had originally planned to do (though I will be using the A9L rods out of the blank block I have), so instead of mothballing this engine (as was the original plan) on a pallet I'll give this one a tickle and freshen and run it for a bit.

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    Firstly...grats on the arrival.

    Secondly....i can not believe you pulled it apart after painting it....total sucker for punishment

    Thirdly......have you thought of ceramic coating the headers? Hi-Temp exhuast paint really doesnt last or look that fantastic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alien DNA View Post
    Firstly...grats on the arrival.

    Secondly....i can not believe you pulled it apart after painting it....total sucker for punishment

    Thirdly......have you thought of ceramic coating the headers? Hi-Temp exhuast paint really doesnt last or look that fantastic.
    Sorry I have to disagree with the does not last statement(Does not last or look good)I had mine sand blasted and straight away I used hi temp white paint on them and baked them.
    6 years latter still look great,And this is on the Brock,She gets used(down shingle roads rain etc)The trick is to coat them asap after sandblasting so no moisture can creep into the steel.

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    maybe thats where i ballsed up

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    Had a problem years ago with a mouse plague. Anyway the pacemakers came out worse for wear, very rusty. I removed them, spent $50 had them sandblasted and bought pacemaker blue paint from my local exhaust shop. ( yes that's what's it called and it's original) anyway, heated the pipes with an oxy till you see the change in the steel, not red, not even close, just a change you will know what I mean when you do it. Then paint good even coats on extractors while hot and presto, came up awesome.

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