Today spent a day giving all the running gear a cover of Por-15 Rust prevention paint, prior to the topcoat of a Por-15 Chassie black. I had stripped all the hammerite in the last couple of weeks, and i was amazed at how quickly the bare metal had reacted with the air to give a fine dusting of rust. Confirms my theory as to why i went with an AK kit, as it uses cast Jag running gear, not thin old Ford bits (just my opinion) I fail to see how a solid cast bit of metal (such as the Jag front wishboan would/could ever rot all the way through)
So all the bits were given another rub with a wire brush and this time a clean using "Metal Ready" from Frost.co.uk which is amazinly good stuff. The final drive was also prepped for paint.
Once cleaned they all need to be washed in clean water, I used boiling water as i'v been told it helps them dry quicker, but i also found my other half's hairdyrer also worked well haha.
I mounted most of the donor parts on a board to easy painting, and drying. Then on with the gloves (strongly recomended) and off we go with the paint brush. The initial finish looks a little rough but have been assured that after its left to cure it will become smoother, and this is just a coat to seal the bits so cosmetics doesnt rearly matter.
As you can see above the final drive and donor parts now have their base coat, and tomorrow i'll be finishing in chassie black Por-15, so will cosmeticaly look better and will hopefully be as good as finished prior to fitting to the chassie.
Also below is my Diff internals, after i had drained all the old oil. Crown wheel looks good no missing teeth (unlike me) and generaly a good looking Diff
