On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, Sami Dakhlia wrote: > ... Cleaned them up in hot, soapy, water and let > them dry for a couple of days. Then painted them with POR-15 (paint over > rust), which gives the metal an almost ceramic-like, hard, finish. > Finally, I band-aided perforations with aluminum-foil tape, and voila. > I have a small hole in one of mine and I plan to fix it when I remove the engine at 300 miles to retorque the heads. I thought I would use a small strip of alumninm (possibly from a can) and some JB Weld to attach it. I was also thinking of pop-riveting it in there before the JB Weld. ---------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. Fournier II <jfourni@comp.uark.edu> 501.575.7353 <a href="http://comp.uark.edu/~jfourni/"> Joe Fournier</a> ---------------------------------------------------------- | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." | egg-n-noggin | | -- Bill Gates, 1981 | \/ | ---------------------------------------- -------\/\/------
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