Quite a lot of progress made in the last few weeks. Injector pump and lift pump completely refurbished by Diesel Bob of Ribchester near Preston. It came back pristine, its still in a sealed bag waiting for fitting so won't take it out for pics yet.
Other progress is mainly sand blasting parts. I was going to take it all to the local blasters but I got hold of a 20+ cfm screw compressor complete with 200 litre tank, a pair of oil, water and particle filters and a refrigerated dryer. So I spent a bit of time plumbing it in properly, a new old stock Norgren regulator from ebay for 25 quid, 9 quid for a gauge to fit and about another 100 on assorted flexible hoses, copper pipe, fittings and PCL connectors and I have the entire workshop plumbed up so I can plug in where I need it. I got hold of a largish blast cabinet from ebay for about 160 quid and half a tonne of fine and extra fine crushed glass media delivered for 80 quid.
Here's the set up downstairs, it feeds the upstairs workshop and the blaster and hose reel downstairs, This has been amended to add a drain tap, but I haven't got a photo handy. Sorry about the pic orientation if its wrong, at the time of writing photobucket shows it incorrectly and refuses to rotate it, I will try again later.
This is the regulator, it was cheap but had 1-1/4" ports, soon reduced to 3/4". I have now added a drain with tap just before it.
Here's the blaster, its quite thin sheet and arrives flat packed and takes about half a day to put together but once assembled its more than good enough for my needs.
So I can now blast most items when I need them and mask off bits I want to keep.
I have blasted quite a lot of brackets and ancillaries, mainly for the impending engine rebuild, but I have also tried the brake back plates, these need a bit more work but came up well surprisingly quickly.
The inlet manifold was blasted after masking off the heater. It was stuck fast but works so decided to leave well alone for now.
Before
After, nice finish for paint adhesion. I'm using epoxy rather than etch prime, it adheres better.
I've also blasted the rocker cover and started on the aluminium engine covers before work stopped play until next weekend. The plan is to epoxy prime them all then top coat in functional batches, i.e. engine bits first, then move onto other tin work around the engine bay.
Cheers
Andy