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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2014, 08:22:04 PM »

As a patternmaker and supplier of castings it's nice to see a closeup of the cases.
there are internal paints available to counteract possible porosity.
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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2014, 08:31:12 PM »
Going well Pete
I can't even find the time to wash mine.
I only mended my speedo today as I was stopped by the Oinks the other day.

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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2014, 09:59:48 PM »
plenty of careful masking


All trussed up ready for spraying



All sprayed up






lots of rough casting snots



The paint was almost perfect match for the original engine finish i found in the starter cover





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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #18 on: July 31, 2014, 07:30:33 AM »
Masking tape off, just pop it in the oven for 1.5 hr at 220c
The wife has gone out for a couple of hours when she comes back she will go ballistic, oh well shit happens






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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2014, 07:41:07 AM »
Pete, what paint did you use ? To save any trouble with the missis, it is best to buy an old oven from a second hand shop and put it in your garage/workshop. You could of got the dremal out and smoothed those casing's off o bit ;) ;) ;)

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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2014, 05:33:02 PM »
Bloody hell, Is she understanding or did you get castrated.
When i showed the missus the pictures  I can't repeat what she said,  ;D ;D
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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #21 on: July 31, 2014, 06:38:13 PM »

Looks more edible that what comes out of our oven
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« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2014, 07:07:02 PM »
Pete, what paint did you use ? To save any trouble with the missis, it is best to buy an old oven from a second hand shop and put it in your garage/workshop. You could of got the dremal out and smoothed those casing's off o bit ;) ;) ;)

I have an oven for that purpose in the garage, but the bugger did not fit in that one, i use simoniz, engine enamel
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« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2014, 07:09:39 PM »
Bloody hell, Is she understanding or did you get castrated.
When i showed the missus the pictures  I can't repeat what she said,  ;D ;D

I got clean away it , she would go ballistic if she found out, but it just goes to show what she don,t know won't hurt her, just hope she dont read these forums
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« Reply #24 on: July 31, 2014, 07:35:31 PM »
Bloody hell, Is she understanding or did you get castrated.
When i showed the missus the pictures  I can't repeat what she said,  ;D ;D

I got clean away it , she would go ballistic if she found out, but it just goes to show what she don,t know won't hurt her, just hope she dont read these forums
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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2014, 08:08:59 PM »
I was working on my honda chopper, and was reving it up with the door open and the house filled up with the smell of a bike running rich
which is a bad smell to have in the house, so she had a moan at me and went out, so when she came back there was a smell still lingering and she must have thought that it was the smelly bike and said no more,
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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2014, 08:15:44 PM »
I was working on my honda chopper, and was reving it up with the door open and the house filled up with the smell of a bike running rich
which is a bad smell to have in the house, so she had a moan at me and went out, so when she came back there was a smell still lingering and she must have thought that it was the smelly bike and said no more,
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I'm going to keep mine quiet by letting her eBay loads of my spare Honda parts on her own eBay account and letting her keep the winnings  ;).

Chickening out on using her oven again  though, I have found an old built in one at work to use. don't want to get a roasting  for using hers :D
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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2014, 09:39:14 PM »
Pete I use exactly the same tactic to boil stuff on the hob Just don't use an Ali pan it's a dead giveaway.

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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #28 on: August 01, 2014, 09:07:36 AM »
Luckily my wife is very understanding and wasn't fazed by the smell.
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Re: Restoration of Sandcast Frame 5369/ Engine E5479
« Reply #29 on: August 01, 2014, 04:05:09 PM »
Luckily my wife is very understanding and wasn't fazed by the smell.


That's one amazingly clean oven u have there Spitfire !!
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