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Top End Cleaned N Painted - Studley Ramrod - 25-01-2011 Original blog: Studley's Bloggerydoodaah I av spended most of the past week cleaning and painting the cylinder and head. Took me longer than I anticipated but the top end was a right ol mess. Sorry fer the crappy photo Oil had been running down the oil fill toob and all over the rocker cover and the top end. I reckon a pressure washer, which I dunt av, would have halved the time spent cleaning it. I resorted to using a solvent degreaser and a brass wire brush to get the really cruddy bits off. Took a few cleans still [b]Finished off with me dremel type tool to get into the crooks an fannys [b] [b]I then cleaned the valves using a steel wire wheel in my drill which got all the inlets cleaned and also cleaned most of the baked on crud on the outlets. I then lapped the outlets and inspected/measured the surfaces etc. All the valve seats are in really good condition too ! Decided the inlets don't need lapping as they look almost new After masking off the parts, I'm sure it's an art, I prepped the surface, using acetone and a few cloths, and started painting wiv Simoniz Engine Enamel Silver/Aluminium. 3 coats later and were getting there Will prolly give 'em another coat or 2 tomorra depending on how they look, me heed can't take any more solvent abuse today tho [b]Still need to finish cleaning the outlet valves too, after which it'll be onto rebuilderin' head/valves/cams/shimmerydoodaah's.Think I'm roughly on schedule fer completing it by Feb/March but still got a lot to do. Hopefully the weather will be getting milder which will aid my progress. Trust me to pick the worst winter on record fer fettlin' eh [b] RE: Top End Cleaned N Painted - Guinness - 28-01-2011 Lick lick RE: Top End Cleaned N Painted - leehenty - 30-01-2011 Studley you are going to use the genuine gaskets are you ? hammerman fell into this trap using pattern ones and had to pull it all to bits again. RE: Top End Cleaned N Painted - Studley Ramrod - 30-01-2011 [b]Yeah, got the yammy wans for the head, oil pump and oil tank etc, Lee, thanks fer the reminder though The clutch and alternator cover gaskets I got from Wemoto, along with the valve stem seals, used 'em before and they're fine. About half the price of Yam wans.The original valve cover is good so will use again.