vibrating_cake

For a 2.0 pinto, im gonna be taking this off to paint.
Do i need HIGH TEMP PAINT to paint the rocker cover, or will normal paint do, im hoping to have it body coloured and i doubt they do high temp paint in my colour.

I know ill have to replace the rocker cover gaskets as i do it, will doing any of this affect the workings of the engine/spraybar?
last car i had i just took it off, had a mooch, put it back on again.

Ta

Chip

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Should be fine in normal paint.

Butch.

iTrader: (1)

i just use hammerite when i paint rocker covers

vibrating_cake

ta , might post some pics up in a nice thread about the car

costina

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Buy an alloy one they seal better

vibrating_cake

its only sealing oil from splashing around over and around the cam isnt it?
doubt it needs an expensive seal, ive just bought a new gasket for when i replace it anyway, see how things go .

vibrating_cake

laquer or no laquer??? will the laquer be prone to heat problems more than paint??

biglee

i use home radiator paint in a spray can, get it from most diy shops then use hi temp laquer, stays on and looks the bollox...

vibrating_cake

i did it, now hope it stays well!

before


(ignore the air filter)
black rocker cover, scratched n slightly rusty







and in the car

nilrem

looks 100% better!!!!


p.s.... i know you said ignore the air filter... but how can you??? what happened?

vibrating_cake

the std air filter had a little tiny pipe going into it, just slightly bigger than my thumb, then on the inside of the panel filter box there were partitions in it, and looking at the air filter only a 2"x2" square of the filter was actually being used to filtrate air coming through!
so i ripped that bit out until i get a propper K&N that sits on the top of the carb.
sounds 100% nicer and runs quite a bit better 2!