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Old Jun 4th, 2018, 16:19   #21
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Hi, I am having a go at painting the engine bay myself as I am having difficulty in finding someone who can take my car to the paint shop thirty miles away. I will be using aerosol cans. Will high build primer be of any use as I will not be taking the engine bay down to bare metal. I believe it is used to fill in minor imperfections after I have cleaned and rubbed down with wet and dry.
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Arriving late.

Just want to say that I'm happy you and any passengers are safe.
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Hi, now revising the cause of fire. I now think that the fire was caused by fuel seeping onto the insulation wrapped round the manifold. When I stopped the fuel or vapor ignited. On the B16 the rear carb is very close to the manifold/exhaust joint. I often have fuel evaporation problem in carbs when stopped and idling waiting for traffic etc. The Rear carb had a seep from the base and was already due for new cork washers. I suspect that had I not had the insulation tape wrapped round, a new addition, the fuel drips would have just evaporated away from the manifold.
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Too much junk sitting on the bonnet and I couldn't remember if the carburetors sat above the exhaust on the PVs, so I didn't post. But I thought the carbs might be in play.

When I race (MGA) even the slightest leak from the carb means that I don't pass the tech inspection. For fear of a leak from the float bowls, I have the overflow tubes routed all the way over to the other side of the engine and as far away from the exhaust as possible.

Good luck with your repairs. I'm glad that you are safe.
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Will high build primer be of any use as I will not be taking the engine bay down to bare metal. I believe it is used to fill in minor imperfections after I have cleaned and rubbed down with wet and dry.
Advice please.
High-build primer is very useful stuff, but don't be afraid to put a thin smear of filler should it be necessary. You are right, though, it's designed to fill in any minor scratch marks. This means you can use fewer grades of paper as you progressively work finer and finer.

A few coats of high-build primer, then a garcoat dusting of black while the primer is still wet. This allows the garcoat to sink into the primer. Which means when you rub it off, the remaining primer must be flat. If you go through to metal, re-prime the area. Repeat until it's all flat and covered.

Beware of fingermarks. This is particularly important on internal panels, as they tend to have odd shapes and folds for strength, and that makes using a block difficult. There's nothing actually wrong with not using a block, but a lot of rubbing in one place can leave furrows in the primer where your fingers worked harder in one place than another. To help alleviate this, a good trick is to fold the paper into four, give the quarter of paper a slight bend around your fingertips, then use the springiness of the bend instead of actual finger pressure. Difficult to explain, I hope that makes sense.

You might know all this already. But just in case you don't, that's the procedure. It sounds to me like you are aware of the importance of "feathering" the edges, so I'll not explain that unless you want me to.

I really do wish you all the best, it's a tradgedy I'm certain you could live without. It gives you the opportunity to rebuild even better than before, though, and I've no doubt that's exactly what you'll do. :-)
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So, from this to this. Cleaned and rubbed down, just a light coat of primer whilst I try to find some high build in a rattle can. How many coats of primer would be recommended?
Should be ready for color next week.
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Old Jun 21st, 2018, 20:42   #27
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Engine bay painting finished. Not too bad for a rattle can job. Quite pleased with it. Just need to touch up some of the black
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Ready for engine install. Just waiting for my dynamo rebuild to come back. It was full of extinguisher powder. Note the coil mod on bulkhead.
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Good job.

I'm stalled. Happy to see everybody is making much more progress.
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