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Reply to "Chesil Speedster - my planned winter overhaul of '98 build"

So, first off, the alternator and fan metalwork is merely held im place by the aluminium strap, tightened by the two bolts on top.

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Once loosened, the fan unit slides out and two leads unplug from the back.

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This leaves the hole you see here:

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The two metal bands are bolted to a machined base unit that also serves as a blank for two existing holes into the main engine block:

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You'll see numerous issues in the finer details of all of these pics, such as dodgy gasket seals etc. It's like playing 'Spot the ball'..

The other main difference between this engine bay and most 'normal' bays is the need to have the twin carbs controlled in a different way to avoid the fan shroud hump:

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More pics of the shroud prior to it coming out:

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And here's the 'bare' engine bay with the shroud out:

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And here's the shroud once I jetwashed it - it blew a lot of the various layers of paint off:

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Plenty of 'dremel tweaks' have already occurred to make everything fit, including space for carb manifolds and sparkplugs. But more tweaks needed. And no internal vanes to route the air evenly over the four cylinders.

So, ideas for cleaning and painting the shroud? Paint stripper or sanding? (I presume paint stripper may be verboten on fibreglass?) Then I guess it's a spray primer and top coat but with high temp paint.

Hope this helps.

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