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Operation Olive, My 1975 FJ40 Ground Up Restoration
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So removing the Pistons became a bit of a PITA. The caliper leaked fluid all over the fresh paint and I ended up separating the caliper halves to help dislodge those puppies. After all that and a wrecked paint job, I said screw it. I am powder coating these suckers. No more peeling paint from fluid touching them. Here are some pics of how that turned out. I had some extra Red PC from my lockout hub dials, besides it needed a bit of flash.
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Some new hardware to hold the sides together. The bolt heads are a bit larger, but I made it work. Some blue lock tight too.
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Some crash pads
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One more caliper to go. While I was letting the PC bake I went to work on disassembling the second caliper. However I managed to pull a bonehead move. I had been using compressed air to help push out the Pistons, then boom! One shot out across the garage. Loud as hell and landed square in my hood chipping my paint.
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That's it for now. More next week. Stay tuned.
We used to call that "lesson learned" in the shop . Next time , use a rag and some sort of clamp - if they get out of the hole with much speed they can go quite a distance , and it's a heavy projectile ...
Sarge
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At least it didn't dent the hood. It should be an easy repair. Has anyone ever made touch up paint before? An auto body gut once told me to mix the paint with the Hardener and then add a bit of clear to give it the glossy look. Anyone done this before?
my paint guy told me the same thing. Don't try to paint it, just drip it into the chip and let it spread out. I haven't tried it yet.
Stunning work, keep it up !
JohnnyC
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stinker about the paint... should look good when fixed... at least you got the 1st scratch out of the way... and it was you who did it 
A tree made the 1st scratch on my new fenders MANY years ago (well maybe more like a very large dent lol ) ... but.... those fenders eventually rusted away and were replaced a few years ago
keep up the good work!!! ... well.. except for the flying piston thing
A tree made the 1st scratch on my new fenders MANY years ago (well maybe more like a very large dent lol ) ... but.... those fenders eventually rusted away and were replaced a few years ago
keep up the good work!!! ... well.. except for the flying piston thing
