After the clean up, I put the first coat of black paint on the block.
First I masked all the necessary areas and heated each side before paint,
Then the first coat of black was sprayed,
I want this paint to stick so I am taking my time with it.
I put the second and third coat of paint on the block and finally it looks clean and new.
Now that the block was ready, we started the rebuild. Piston and rods prepped,
First the crank went in,
Then the pistons,
Done a bit more engine work,
Put on a new water pump and installed the oil filter housing after a thorough clean up,
Oil pan put back,
New head gasket in,
Headgasket before cleaning,
and cleaned and installed,
Almost there. Engine should be done by the weekend. Still looking for the headers, they are hard to find
