Washed the valve covers yesterday. Got my 2nd covid shot yesterday and it's kicked my *** so didn't do anything today at all.

Ordered hex head sockets and washers to replace the factory bolts.

Hopefully I feel normal tomorrow and I can the covers more cleaned. Will be repainting them gloss black.

 

Are you planning on keeping the A6 a/c compressor?

 

So far yes. It worked when I tested it. Might need to refreshing it though.

 

One prepped. 2 hrs of sanding lol. Do the other one tomorrow. Hopefully all painted by end of next week

 

Got the 2nd one done today. Plus all the hardware I'm using showed up

Hex head bolts m6 x 1.0 x 30mm stainless, lock washers, stainless, and washers black.

 

So inspecting my prep job / primer of the valve covers I'm not happen with the results. So back to square one. I'm gonna try using some sandblasting media. I have a compressor and a gun with a hopper but never done it before. So we'll see how it goes. Gonna strip it better this time lol.

I'll update when they are all stripped.

 

Rescue
If it is just paint residue, then paint stripper will remove it easily.

 

i was so tired from being outside all day in the sun I didnt even think of using paint stripper lol. grabbed some so we will see how it goes.

 

I looked around online for the highest strength paint stripper I could find. Maybe I should have gone to the auto body supply guys here on the island but did not. I used something called Aircraft Paint Stripper,,, something like that,,, and still, couldn't give me a 'finoshed' product ready for painting. There were areas of paint so cooked on that nothing I was trying worked. Brought the removed covers to a guy with a sand blasting set up (very very hard to find here on Staten Island for some reason) and he said he struggled. But,,, I think that was because he had a crap set up. Just say'n...

Ok! I'm going to post a link here. Y'all can laugh of you want but I have done this now SEVERAL times and it works a treat. This, what this guy does, with a few modes of my own. It works.

 

I've used the oven and dishwasher.... shhhh don't say anything to the misses.

 

So this is the covers as of now.




I used a stripper I got at crappy tire. It's in a gel form. So I brushed it on amd left it for about 30 minutes. It did work ok but I still spent 3 hrs scrapping. I ran out of time so I'm gonna do another coat of the stuff tomorrow and hopefully get rid of the remainder then a light sanding

 

Landscapers started the front yard and the dust being kicked up makes for not working in the garage so no movement.

 

2 days done





Happy wife happy life

 

So now you get to play hopscotch every time you walk down off the porch? LOL!

Jack

 

lol no that was put in place so the fresh sand wouldn't get washed away during the rain until the stone/sand settles

 

Shame that Jaguar didn't fit something like that to extend the windscreen channel drains to stop the water dripping onto the sills....!

Paul

 

One ready for paint after I clean the the dust off it

Wife asked why I'm spending a larger amount of time on these 2 covers. Well to deselect from the rest of the messy engine of course lol

 

The cover looks great.
Sand or media blasting? was this an option? or vapour blasting?
vapourblasting pictures
Bolt the cover down on to a piece of wood to protect the mating surface?

Have you purchased cover gaskets?
What number is the part number? From memory there are a few options.

cheers

 

Paint stripper, a brass wire wheel in a drill, and hand sanding lol.

I do have gaskets I got from rockauto.



But I think I'm gonna just to RTV (high temp red) instead now.

 

IMO, Rescue, Gortex gaskets from Jaguar or whoever, plus a smear of RTV/ gascacinch each side, plus ally for the half moon carefully sealed, is best. Mind you, Grant disagrees with me and agrees with you! But he is better at this stuff than we are!