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Originally Posted by JoeKan
I am in the process of rebuilding my egnine and I not sure how to prep and paint my aluminum pieces: valve covers, tappet cover, oil pan. I've soaked them in Simple Green and hit them with brakekleen. The grease and grim came off but there's a lot of stains on them. Should this be sanded off or will the primer conceal it? Do I need to do anything else?
Thanks for any help.
Joe
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When I converted the 1974 SBC I am putting in my '65 C10 to a serpentine system from a 90's Chevy truck I was focused on running the aluminum brackets in polished form. I did what you did to try to get them clean before polishing them and found some stains just would not come out no matter what I used to clean the metal. In the end, I just used some paint prep degreaser, engine primer, and then engine paint to paint the brackets black. It went down nicely and has stayed put without imperfections over the entire brackets including the stains I couldn't get out.