Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost

Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2014/5/13 22:53:47

Spent an hour tonight bead blasting the manifolds. I don't want to try to get them apart, those bolts are really frozen and aren't budging even after soaking in penetrating oil for a couple months since I took them off. And I do not want to bust off those bolts and create a big job when the manifolds are straight and weren't leaking. The only thing wrong was the flapper valve was seized up, but after blasting and more pen oil a little persuasion with a wrench and it is free again. The spring is even good and now it's nice and free and springs back like new.

What were the manifolds painted, I read somewhere about a stainless steel paint from Eastwood I think that is supposed to look good? Will it look good on both the intake and exhaust manifolds, since they are going to be the same color without disassembly.