There's no place like Kansas (beige)

Ive been silent, but not idle. As long as I have the engine out, I wanted to do something about the engine compartment. Its got a ton of scratches from previous work and is quite rusty.

Given that one day I intend to strip and rebuild, I dont need it to be perfect. I just wanted it to look ok and stop the rust.

Coleoptera Primer

Transform and rolllll out

I had hoped that I could find an off the shelf color that was close enough, but none were even in the ball park. So I ordered a spray can of Kansas Beige L91D from PaintScratch.com. Considering the age of the paint, its a pretty close match.

After the paint was done I started threading the rubber gaskets back through: the engine hatch gasket, the engine gasket, and the transmission gasket.

The hatch and transmission gasket slid right in, just needed some patience to work them through the track. The engine gasket would not go at all. The track is far too beat up and bent. In some places its bent too open so the gasket wouldnt stay, and some places too tight so it wouldn't slide. I ended up cramming it in with a pry bar. Now I know why the track is all scratched up; Im sure I wasnt the first to do this.