Re: How to paint my motor black??

Posted by shinyribs on
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I painted my motor in the frame. It takes a fair amount of masking,but it can be done with (i think) good results. I painted this motor once before when it was out of the frame so it was already pretty clean. I wire brush works good between the fins. Since you dont want to damage the paint on your frame you'll have to stay away from strong solvents for cleaning the motor. Dish washing soap is a pretty good degreaser. It's cheap,bubbles up good and won't hurt your paint on your frame. Pulling the tank off will help you get to things better and is pretty much a must for getting to the valvecover. Pulling the carbs help too,but you might not be up for that. You could mash around them,but in the amount of time it takes to do that you could probably just pop them off since the tank is already off. Pulling carbs is always good fun!

Lots of elbow grease and lots of masking! Good luck and show us your purdy engine when you're done!