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    Warmed up some today after a couple inches of wet and heavy snow fell down so I hopped out to the garage and began working on my transmission pan project.

    Here is the pan in stock form:



    Notice the rough texture over the entire pan including the lettering.

    My plans are to paint the raised lettering aluminum and the rest of the pan wrinkle black to match my already painted engine oil pan.

    In order to get a clean finish I deemed it necessary to block out the rough casting of the "Trick Flow" text. Nothing a couple passes with a block and some sand papers cannot handle. Finial finish is with 220.

    Below you can see the pan all prepped for paint and ready to go. I rigorously went over the entire pan with a red scotch brite to give the pan some tooth for the primer to come.



    Now remember my plan of just painting the script aluminum and the rest of the pan wrinkle black? So in order to accomplish that I needed to mask off all of the raised lettering. I decided on making up the template before I painted anything because I did not want to risk messing up the aluminum finish after I painted it.

    So here is the pan with the template all made up. Remember... the template will go on over the aluminum paint to protect it from the wrinkle black.



    Here she is finally awaiting primer and some paint.....



    Updates to come tomorrow.
    ~David~

    My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
    My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

    Originally posted by ootdega
    My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

    Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
    But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

    Originally posted by gadget73
    my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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      Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
      rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

      Originally posted by gadget73
      ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

      Originally posted by dmccaig
      Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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        Looks sweet.

        And someday, someone will peak underneath and go 'damn'.

        Plus half the guys into this stuff will have already read the thread and know to check in person.

        85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
        160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
        waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc

        06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)

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          Progress:

          Rustoleum engine primer over the entire pan:



          Rustoleum engine aluminum over the "Trick Flow" text:



          And the text cleared:




          Will let this bake for a week in the boiler room at work. Ungodly hot! Then apply the template to cover up the lettering and scuff everything with a gray scotch brite, wax and grease remove everything blow it off and tac rag it then apply the VHT wrinkle black engine paint. Looking forward to the final product. That lettering is really going to POP.
          ~David~

          My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
          My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

          Originally posted by ootdega
          My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

          Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
          But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

          Originally posted by gadget73
          my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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            After letting the paint cure for over a week I went back and masked off the lettering and scuffed up the entire piece really well with a gray scotch brite



            Took her to work this morning and wax and grease removed it then tac ragged it and got to spraying.

            Three HEAVY coats of the wrinkle black VHT paint. One coat vertical, one horizontal and lastly one coat diagonally.



            This paint takes REALLY LONG to dry. I painted the piece at 3am. Two in the afternoon I came back to peel off the tape over the lettering's and the paint is all wrinkly as it should but still wet. But boy does that finish become durable after its full cure. completed pics to come next week. Letting it bake in the boiler room at work over the weekend.
            ~David~

            My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
            My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

            Originally posted by ootdega
            My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

            Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
            But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

            Originally posted by gadget73
            my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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              Ordered up a set of oil pan reinforcement rail stiffeners and prepped all of the 22 bolts and washers for paint.

              I recently picked up a set of dremel mounted scotch brite scuffing balls. You can see a green one attached to the rotary tool. This is an in progress pic of the 22 washers and nuts I have to prep.



              They made the prep process of the bolts and washers super easy.

              I used to scuff everything by hand with a scotch brite. My fingers approve of the new items. Here they are all cleaned up and ready for paint on Monday.



              When the rails arrive they will be prepped and painted engine aluminum and clear coated.

              The oil pan bolts will be painted low gloss black.
              ~David~

              My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
              My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

              Originally posted by ootdega
              My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

              Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
              But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

              Originally posted by gadget73
              my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                grade 8 hardware to bolt an aluminum pan into aluminum threads. Overkill much?
                86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                Originally posted by phayzer5
                I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                  As Ivan would say "overkill is underrated."
                  ~David~

                  My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
                  My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

                  Originally posted by ootdega
                  My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

                  Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
                  But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

                  Originally posted by gadget73
                  my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                    Just don't over-do the bolt torque. You'll rip the threads out of the transmission case long before those bolts give up.
                    86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                    5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                    91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                    1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                    Originally posted by phayzer5
                    I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                      Originally posted by 87gtVIC View Post
                      For anyone following this I have seemed to fix the minor clunk/knock the steering had when ever so slightly rocking the wheel back and forth. It must have been in the modified rag joint because after my last once over of it where I trimmed some of the heat shield and tacking the washer onto the lower shaft all is nice and solid. Happy to have found the issue. Amazing how one can feel some slight metal to metal contact through a rubber rag joint all the way up the steering column and into the steering wheel!
                      Ah, so I wasn't the only one who felt that!

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                        Originally posted by gadget73 View Post
                        Just don't over-do the bolt torque. You'll rip the threads out of the transmission case long before those bolts give up.
                        The grade 8's are for the oil pan. I had the grade 8's on hand so I am using them. The 12 points with the lock washers on the previous page are for the tranny pan. I don't intend on stripping any threads.

                        Originally posted by 86VickyLX View Post
                        Ah, so I wasn't the only one who felt that!
                        You have that slight clunk to eh? You pursue it yet? Wonder if you have the same problem as me with some metal to metal contact through the modified rag joint.
                        Last edited by 87gtVIC; 03-08-2015, 06:42 AM.
                        ~David~

                        My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
                        My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

                        Originally posted by ootdega
                        My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

                        Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
                        But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

                        Originally posted by gadget73
                        my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                          Next round of bits for paint. Any keen engine guys notice these nuts and bolts?

                          Before prepped:



                          After prepped....the two nuts are getting painted black so they are in another pile...



                          All of the above are getting sprayed engine aluminum and clearcoated.
                          ~David~

                          My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
                          My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

                          Originally posted by ootdega
                          My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

                          Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
                          But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

                          Originally posted by gadget73
                          my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                            Let's see. EGR valve nuts, TPS screws, Can't think what the other ones are right off hand.
                            1990 MGM: $50 E7 heads, HO cam, Holley SysteMAX lower intake, HO upper intake with an Explorer TB. LSC ECM. Lincoln logs into stock dual exhaust. K&N drop in air filter. Wide ratio AOD, 2400 converter with a 3.08 one tire fire out back. Car is less slow now. Then there's the '92 Beater. Dual 2.25" exhaust with shiny tips. Rumbles nice. Super slow. Burns oil too.

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                              IAC bolts are the two smaller hex head ones.

                              2 phillips screws are probably TPS

                              mismatched nuts are EGR valve

                              can't think of what the 4 larger bolts with lock washers are for, though it seems like I ought to know what they do. Too short and not enough for lower intake, and I don't think they are long enough for the short upper manifold bolts either. Too many for thermostat housing.
                              Last edited by gadget73; 03-08-2015, 03:02 PM.
                              86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                              5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                              91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                              1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                              Originally posted by phayzer5
                              I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                                You guys are good! Seriously.

                                I'll let some others chime in before I say what the 4 bolts with lockwashers are for. I will give a hint though. I believe they hold on two pieces to the front of the engine simultaneously. They both spin together.
                                ~David~

                                My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
                                My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

                                Originally posted by ootdega
                                My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

                                Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
                                But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

                                Originally posted by gadget73
                                my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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