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Monstyr
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Painted engines

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I have a replacement cylinder on my engine, this is painted black and obviously stands out from the rest of the natural coloured motor.

When (what years) did they start painting engines?

I had given some thought to removing the black but this will seem a bit too much work to get into all the fins so I'll probably just match the other side with black VHT paint unlesss someone can suggest a better option. ( I have considered silver/aluminium coloured VHT paint too but doubt it will match)

I think I'll keep the cases their standard metal colour.
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. . could you not have it bead blasted??
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It worked fine when I took it out of the bike and I dont want to disassemble it when I dont have the tools or experience to rebuild it.
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You could have it soda blasted in situ.
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There's nowhere near me that can do any of the blasting processes other than the roughest shotblast work, the engine has sat untouched for ages because I've been unable to find a neat solution for this hence the query about painting it.
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Hmm, I'd see that as a good excuse to get the experience of taking the head and barrel off and get the barrel vapour blasted. It's a pushrod engine, so should be nice and simple (says Mark who's never dismantled a 4-stroke before...)
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MarkB wrote:Hmm, I'd see that as a good excuse to get the experience of taking the head and barrel off )

yes, it really is a simple as is sounds. These are lovely engines to work on.
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