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« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2007, 03:58:27 pm » |
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Great stuff. Interesting colours on yours. 400k is quite an achievement for both driver and vehicle. I know I really liked my B2000 - and it was a rough $400 beast. Should have kept it.
I think I know where it is.... 
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« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2007, 04:06:34 pm » |
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I've painted a couple vehicles already, but both times I had access to a workshop with grinders and sanders, plus spraying equipment. The process was to grind away all existing rust, then use acid to get it out of the pits, fill or fix the holes, prime the bare metal and then spray paint with a proper gun and two part epoxy. In a parking lot it's more difficult, even the sander is too noisy, and the neighbors with good vehicles are not fond of overspray.
So I scraped and hand sanded the worst of the rust off, deglossed the paint, and painted the nasty bits with some POR rust sealant I had sitting around. Cleaned it, masked it, and went at it with the foam roller.
Seemed very dubious to me, a long way from how I painted things before. Of course this is basically a wagon with a steering wheel. |
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« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2007, 04:31:46 pm » |
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Carb kit was 300 bucks plus shippingI assume that is with the air cleaner housing. Thats an amazing price for all of that. I bought a metric ss bolt the other day and it cost me $10.  |
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« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2007, 04:38:21 pm » |
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Great stuff. Interesting colours on yours. 400k is quite an achievement for both driver and vehicle. I know I really liked my B2000 - and it was a rough $400 beast. Should have kept it.
I think I know where it is.... I know where it is too - he fixed it up a bit more so likely would want more money than I want to spend.  |
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PJungnitsch
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« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2007, 05:07:44 pm » |
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Carb kit was 300 bucks plus shippingI assume that is with the air cleaner housing. Thats an amazing price for all of that. I bought a metric ss bolt the other day and it cost me $10. Yeah, that's everything. I guess the Italians have a lot of pot metal laying around and they paid for the 32/36 tooling twenty years ago. Shipping was only 30 bucks, and no GST. I phoned around locally and couldn't get anywhere close. One parts girl said finally that if I could get a new carb for that price just buy it. And of course if the truck does go boom I can resell the kit on ebay so I'm not really risking much. |
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PJungnitsch
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« Reply #25 on: November 23, 2007, 05:12:39 pm » |
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Everything went against the painting working out, it took twice as long as expected so I finished in the dark, it got very cold overnight, and the next day it rained solid, the first rain in Lethbridge for three months. As a result the paint has a rough texture. And it's never been good bodywork weather since to finish the rest of the truck.
Still I am very happy with how it worked out for so cheap, and wonder why I didn't do it years ago. Foam rollers actually paint not badly at all. |
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safristi
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« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2007, 05:16:41 pm » |
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..BRAVO PJMichaelAngelo....can ya paint my CISTERN CHAPELLE..... |
THERE IS NO CURE FOR "LOTUS"......ONLY TREATMENT.....
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« Reply #27 on: November 23, 2007, 05:38:40 pm » |
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Very nice!! Looks alot better than it did before.  So this Mazda is 100% Mazda and not a Ford? |
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« Reply #28 on: November 23, 2007, 05:50:03 pm » |
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.......the Rangers and Mazda are SOUL SISTAS.......but made in the US ofA...since mid 90's is all he's say.......the GOOD SH*T was made in Hiroshima...BOOM boxes NOT included....  |
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THERE IS NO CURE FOR "LOTUS"......ONLY TREATMENT.....
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« Reply #29 on: November 23, 2007, 05:51:26 pm » |
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Everything went against the painting working out, it took twice as long as expected so I finished in the dark, it got very cold overnight, and the next day it rained solid, the first rain in Lethbridge for three months. As a result the paint has a rough texture. And it's never been good bodywork weather since to finish the rest of the truck.
Still I am very happy with how it worked out for so cheap, and wonder why I didn't do it years ago. Foam rollers actually paint not badly at all.
Looks great - I'm thinking about doing it on the next beater I buy. |
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« Reply #30 on: November 23, 2007, 06:45:54 pm » |
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Still I am very happy with how it worked out for so cheap, and wonder why I didn't do it years ago. Foam rollers actually paint not badly at all.
Looks good!  I also had surprisingly good results with a foam roller on the old Pathfinder. A friend gave me a tip to use a marine enamel for paint. Picked up a gallon of gloss black at the hardware store for 40 bucks. |
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safristi
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« Reply #31 on: November 23, 2007, 06:59:13 pm » |
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..Ya'll LOVE ORANGE......................peel good.......................maybe Lexus will try it.....   ...............hell wot happened to Hiring A GRAFFITI_OLOGIST.... like My Mazda Mondrian..... |
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« Reply #32 on: November 23, 2007, 07:32:41 pm » |
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Congrats on the milestone. I'm sure there's plenty of mileage left in the truck.  |
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CyberNick
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« Reply #33 on: November 23, 2007, 07:55:57 pm » |
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« Reply #34 on: November 23, 2007, 11:08:06 pm » |
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That looks MUCH better now. Very nice. |
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« Reply #35 on: November 24, 2007, 05:27:37 pm » |
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Congrats on the milestone. Speaks volumes for Mazda products. |
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« Reply #36 on: November 24, 2007, 07:01:57 pm » |
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THERE IS NO CURE FOR "LOTUS"......ONLY TREATMENT.....
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« Reply #37 on: November 24, 2007, 10:46:14 pm » |
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There's a few things to fix on it before winter. The big one today was adding a header to replace a rusted out casting that the rest of the exhaust didn't want to connect to anymore and the exhaust shops didn't want to weld.
JCWhitney came through with a Pacesetter header for 120.00. Ten bucks tax (GST prepay?) 31.00 shipping (Fed Ex, right to the door, no extra charges). Yay high dollar!
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« Reply #38 on: November 25, 2007, 12:52:14 pm » |
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..Everything OLDE is NEW again.................    |
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« Reply #39 on: November 25, 2007, 01:15:23 pm » |
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Used to see those B-Series all over the place, now quite a rare sight.
Love the stripes The cap is of that era too. Pretty cool. That's a lot of kms you've spent with 'er. |
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