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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: voodoo on October 31, 2008, 07:20:18 am

Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: voodoo on October 31, 2008, 07:20:18 am: Duplicolor hi temp daytona yellow. wish I could paint it again I would use Rustoleum or something better

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/diy_ak47/caterpillar/S4200001.jpg)
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: zukgod1 on October 31, 2008, 07:21:41 am: Well at least you got it back..

Looks pretty ;)
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: Dakotakid on October 31, 2008, 03:30:00 pm: Ahhh....reminds me of summer!!!

Well, my ol' girlfriend aways used to say slow was much better.......
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: Smokey Eddy on October 31, 2008, 04:02:42 pm: Quote
Well, my ol' girlfriend aways used to say slow was much better.......

BAH HAHAHAHAH!!!!
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: burn_your_money on October 31, 2008, 04:21:22 pm: Looks good. I thought caterpillar yellow was more yellow and less green though?
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: Ziptar on November 01, 2008, 06:36:08 am: There are several CAT yellows, mostly "old" Cat yellow and "new" Cat yellow, the switch was somewhere back in the 70's, and I guess a "new, new" CAT yellow, no idea when that came about. Really early equipment was could be "tractor" or "highway" yellow.

CAT Paint Codes. (http://www.industrialtouchup.com/caterpillar.aspx)

That looks like "new" to me.
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: Krazy on November 01, 2008, 07:14:20 am: It looks like I started something with my clatterpillar yellow.
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: carrizog60 on November 01, 2008, 08:25:43 am: why to paint it in some color as that?
oil keakeage detection?
i prefer black or dark grey if i would do something like that :?:
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: jtanguay on November 01, 2008, 09:00:24 am: Quote from: "carrizog60"
why to paint it in some color as that?
oil keakeage detection?
i prefer black or dark grey if i would do something like that :?:

perfect for leakage detection :wink:
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: AdAm84 on November 01, 2008, 12:46:57 pm: Cummins beige will be better for that. To bad that wasn't what I was thinking when I bought the paint to do mine lol. I was sorta thinking it would look cool. It was between beige and detroit alpine green, but Tractor supply didn't have any. :cry:
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: Limey on November 01, 2008, 07:08:44 pm: Here's my fresh 1.6/1.9 head build...valve cover isn"t finshed, still smoothing it out then will get black with yellow accents

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Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: irons on November 01, 2008, 08:22:37 pm: The cat yellow is nice. I woulda saved the injectors for the black paint with the top cover though. still amazingly nice.
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: allsierra123 on November 01, 2008, 09:53:52 pm: Thats a heck of an intake ya got there.
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: voodoo on November 10, 2008, 11:05:16 am: update.

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/diy_ak47/caterpillar/S4200005.jpg)

I scrubbed all the parts of the pump with Zep orange and a toothbrush and then washed them in the sink under hot water, dried them off with a towel and compressed air and then coated them in Break Free CLP to prevent rust as recommended in the TM9. the pump took one day to clean and build, be sure to get a throttle shaft bushing and a 17mm driveshaft seal.

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/diy_ak47/caterpillar/S4200004.jpg)

the correct size to bore a block for kolbenschmidt pistons is written on the piston itself.

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/diy_ak47/caterpillar/pat.jpg)

http://www.carrilloind.com/Portals/1/Documents/Carrillo_Catalog_Layout_02.pdf

according to Carrillo the correct size to machine the big end bore of the VW connecting rod is: 1.9928" or 50.617mm.

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM AUTOPARTSGIANT.COM !!!
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: Smokey Eddy on November 10, 2008, 11:27:16 am: don't forget to sand off the paint on your connectors!!!
Such as the oil temp one on the right had side of the head.
If i replace that one with a sender for a guage will i mess with anything?
please PM me as to not muddle this fine bloke's thread.
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: arb on November 10, 2008, 11:36:19 am: Looks great !!! Last 1.6L I built I used John Deere green. Didn't peal in 120K miles.

I think the IP pump would look good painted, even if it was only in clear coat.
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: AdAm84 on November 10, 2008, 07:01:15 pm: At the fuel shop I work at every pump goes out painted, either clearcoated or the color it was when it came in. I think I'm going to paint my IP cummins beige like the rest of my engine.
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: foxracer1 on December 15, 2008, 08:58:07 am: I hate to be a copy cat but i'm going with cat yellow too.
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: stewardc on December 15, 2008, 09:09:09 am: Here's my CAT yellow before being replaced by the present Torquemonster.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/stewardc/Truck/100_3045.jpg)
Title: Caterpillar yellow
Post by: voodoo on December 18, 2008, 05:46:51 pm: project complete

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/diy_ak47/motor/car44.jpg)

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