After receiving some emails from local powder coaters telling me they could not do ceramic high-temp powder coating, I finally got a response from Performance Powder Coating From the photo I supplied, the say they can media blast, prep, and then ceramic powder coat everything I want done on Murbella’s exhaust system for about…
So. What to powder coat? That is the question.
So as I’ve written, I’ve been back and forth on what vendor to have blast what parts, not to mention what to powder coat and what not to powder coat. I’ve decided that I’ll likely powder coat more parts than originally planned. So. Tentatively this is what’s going to happen: Ceramic Powder Coating I will…
Murbella – Day 15 – Taping off blasting parts
I haven’t been feeling all that well so I haven’t been working on the projects. I did take a few minutes yesterday to start taping off the areas of the trailing arms and stub axles that I do not want blasted. I’m thinking that the inside bearing surfaces should remain as-is in the arms and…
Another parts opportunity… but probably cost prohibitive.
So an opportunity has come up in regards to possibly acquiring a complete Type 1 FI exhaust system. Someone’s making substantial changes to his exhaust and I queried him on what he’d want for this stuff. If you’ve followed this blog or the FB page, you’ll know I’ve been actively trying to get a complete…
Media blasting and Powder Coating Plans
So I decided for the first round of suspension and drivetrain parts I’m going to try out Soda Clean of Ohio located just north of Cowtown. I’ll probably throw in a set of thermostat flaps to have blasted so I can return them to Murbella upon top-end rebuild. I do need to get an FI…
$600 Type 4 engine? Should I?
So a 1.7L Type 4 engine that runs and appears to be more or less complete popped up on a sale page and I am so tempted to get it. It is only 2 hours away, and I so want to have a Type 4 engine to learn on. That said, I haze zero storage…
Murbella – Day 14 – More arts cleaning and sanding
I took an hour break from working to go clean some more parts and try to get some sanding done before dusk hits. I try not to make too much noise with power tools before 10am or really after 6pm as a courtesy to my neighbors. Spring Plate Covers I continued sanding up and roughing…
Murbella – Day 13 – Parts cleaning, sanding, modding, etc.
So today was focused on continued cleaning of the disassembled suspension with solvents in an effort to get as much of the undercoating and grime off of them prior to sanding. Passenger Stub Axle So the passenger side stub axle also came out with a bonded spacer. However this side was different. I was easily…
Other People’s Cars – Ade Prakasa’s 1973 1303 Beetle
I recently saw this car posted on the FB groups and it is quite a nice one. It looks like it is super charged. I’m not really familiar with this general setup.
Some love for the Subaru too! A proper oil change!
Murbella didn’t get all of my attention today. I spent about 30 minutes on the Subaru Forester. Now I have a lot of the oil burning issues that plague can plague these cars. In fact, I often consume quite a bit of oil during normal operation and also get awful fuel economy on this vehicle….