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simon1966 Simon Griffin .Madison County, IL, USA Sign in to contact 1930 MG 18/80 1953 MG TD 1954 Austin-Healey 100 "BEV" 1966 Austin-Healey 3000 BJ8 & more	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 22, 2014 01:59 PM Joined 11 years ago 564 Posts

My block and head are painted, assembly well underway. This is probably an utterly trivial question, but is it OK to paint the entire front and back plates, including the parts that would essentially be internal to the engine? I don't want to paint these parts after assembly as I want the gaskets to show and not have paint on them. It also seems a bit painstaking to try and stencil around the internal bits if you know what I mean? Thanks for setting me straight.

This is my first real attempt at a rebuild and all goes along swimmingly until suddenly there is pause for thought and a question that does not appear to be answered anywhere!

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Re: Engine Painting, front and back plate potentially stupid question? #2
spikemichael Michael Caputo Canton, IL, USA Sign in to contact 1973 MG MGB "Freebie" 1973 MG MGB 1974 MG MGB "Spike" 1976 MG MGB "Cecil" & more	Jul 22, 2014 02:03 PM Top Contributor Joined 14 years ago 19,079 Posts

Don't paint what is internal engine areas.

Don't paint gasket mating surfaces either.

Frog Tape is your friend.

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Re: Engine Painting, front and back plate potentially stupid question? #3
ohlord Rob C A tiny Island off the coast of Washington State, N.W., USA Sign in to contact 1957 Land Rover Series I "EYEYIYI" 1957 Land Rover Series I "OVRLND" 1971 MG MGB 1971 MG MGB "Bedouin 2" & more	Jul 22, 2014 02:08 PM Top Contributor Joined 12 years ago 28,877 Posts

And don't paint the surface where the starter mates to the rear plate. Good ground. thumbs up

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Re: Engine Painting, front and back plate potentially stupid question? #4
simon1966 Simon Griffin .Madison County, IL, USA Sign in to contact 1930 MG 18/80 1953 MG TD 1954 Austin-Healey 100 "BEV" 1966 Austin-Healey 3000 BJ8 & more	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 22, 2014 02:17 PM Joined 11 years ago 564 Posts

Thanks very much! Left to my own devices I was about to make a stupid mistake. I'll assemble then paint this bits afterwards with suitable masking.

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Re: Engine Painting, front and back plate potentially stupid question? #5
stiffarm67 Joe Herz Ridgefield, WA, USA Sign in to contact 1969 MG MGB GT "The GT"	Jul 22, 2014 02:20 PM Joined 11 years ago 1,047 Posts

Proving there are no stupid questions except the ones not asked.

In reply to # 2748884 by simon1966 Thanks very much! Left to my own devices I was about to make a stupid mistake. I'll assemble then paint this bits afterwards with suitable masking.

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Perdido Rut Rutledge Tuscaloosa, AL, USA Sign in to contact 1960 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite "Scarlet" 1962 Triumph TR4 1966 Triumph TR4A 1966 Triumph TR4A & more	Jul 22, 2014 02:25 PM Top Contributor Joined 16 years ago 5,263 Posts

Simon,
Hold the plates net to the engine and mark them for masking tape, mount the timing cover over masking tape and follow the outside edge of the cover with a razor blade and remove the excess. Do this for any parts you want to paint for a professional job.
Rut

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Re: Engine Painting, front and back plate potentially stupid question? #7
simon1966 Simon Griffin .Madison County, IL, USA Sign in to contact 1930 MG 18/80 1953 MG TD 1954 Austin-Healey 100 "BEV" 1966 Austin-Healey 3000 BJ8 & more	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 22, 2014 04:59 PM Joined 11 years ago 564 Posts

Thanks very much for the tip, I appreciate it. When you put in all this money and effort into the project you want to make sure it looks good as well!

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