First of Many Small Parts

"MM54" (mm54mk2) 01/21/2019 at 20:15 • Filed to: '71Chevelle

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A few years ago when I put the disk brakes on the Chevelle, I installed the bare cast iron master cylinder against my better judgement (hey I was running out of time to get it on the road / out of storage). Surprising nobody, it rusted pretty quickly.

Shown post-wire brush and degreasing

Today after work I hit it with a wire brush and masked the not-cast-iron bits. A quick coat of paint (Seymour Cast-Blast) puts it back to looks-like-new and hopefully-won’t-rust-within-a-couple-days.

While this dried I finished getting the firewall ready for paint (mainly just dusting it off and re-masking a couple thi ngs) so that should happen tomorrow. Exciting!

sdwarf36 > MM54 01/21/2019 at 20:38

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Here’s a masking trick: aluminum foil. It wraps around things great-perfect for places where it too tricky to spend time masking with tape.

MM54 > sdwarf36 01/21/2019 at 20:49

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Hmm, this is a really good idea. I’ll have to try it at some point, thanks!