Fuel tank painting #3

The painting of the lower half of the fuel tank was continuing.

I removed the old paint on the fuel tank patiently. Finally I removed the old paint to this level using sand papers. I guess I would have a pain in my arms tomorrow.

In the next I would paint the tank with remained tank sealer as rust preventive paint.

Last time I thought the inside of the hardened surface was still usable, but after 1 week it was becoming harder.

I cut the surface by knife and could paint.

Viscosity was like mayonnaise. I painted it with a brush.

Finally I painted the lower half part of the tank with chassis black as a top coat.

Upper half was silver color of tank sealer. I might paint with black if I change my mind.

To avoid hardening of the sealer paint, I separated the remained sealer to some small cans. Plastic wrap was inserted between can and lid to avoid the lid sticking with the can.

By the way I knew that POR is hard to remove if it applies on hands. But my hands became like this.

From next day I would be on business trip and had to hand my business card with these painted hands. ☺︎

(My original blog was written on 7th Sep. 2008)

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Tip to repair rubber parts

I disassembled the rear axle before. There had been no progress on it because I started the repair of the fuel tank during my summer holiday. While painting the fuel tank , I repaired the torn rubber boot of the parking brake wire. I guessed it didn ’ t cost high because it was small rubber part. But I wanted to try the repair method I read on the magazine article before. This was the condition before the repair. The rubber was torn apart and separated almost. I used this self-adhesive type butyl tape. I pasted lots of small pieces of the butyl tape on the back side of the rubber boot. As time goes by , these tapes would melt and stick together. After this I applied plenty of adhesive “ Super X Black ” on the rubber boot. On the magazine of MOTO MAINTENANCE , I read the article that the motorcycle seat was repaired with this method. So , I wanted to try it. After drying 1 day , it became like this....

Pad spring repair

One of the springs to hold the brake pads was broken. At first I thought to buy it, however, I tried to fix it using rivets. It seemed to be strong enough just to hold pads. Later I removed the rust and cleaned them. Note: I have been using this repaired pad soring for 10 years and there is no issue. Pad spring is not an expensive part ptobably (I don't know the exact price), but it is easy to repair if you have ar1750gtv hand rivetter. (My original blog was written on 10th May 2008 )

Body repair around the fuel tank

I found some rust at the flange in body around the fuel tank as I expected. I believed this level of rust in this area was quite usual for old Alfa Romeo. It seemed that this area didn ’ t influence on the body strength , however , I was considering the method what I could do by myself. Anyway in order to prepare the sheet metal for the repair at first , I started to look for the store where I could buy some sheet metal near my house. I tried to research the store on internet , but I couldn ’ t find appropriate stores. Finally I asked the person at repair shop , who did maintenance of my Renault 5 , about the store I could buy some sheet metal. They kindly taught me the store , but at the same time they gave me some sheet metal for free. That was enough volume for what I wanted to do. I didn ’ t expect it. Thanks a lot!!! (My original blog was written on 12th Sep. 2008 )

The day my "onboro ALFA" would revive

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