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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: truckoSaurus08 on February 12, 2010, 11:45:18 pm
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tearing my engine down and noticed a small area near the vacuum pump some patches of green paint? Does anyone know the color? If i cant find it I'll think about going with detroit diesel green
http://www.66rover.com/TDIswap/TDI%20Parts%20121307/slides/PICT1650.JPG (http://www.66rover.com/TDIswap/TDI%20Parts%20121307/slides/PICT1650.JPG)
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from what i know. john deere green is almost dead on to the original vw diesel engine paint
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The block in your link sure is purrdy ;)
Thats a good colour for a block IMO. I would do it that colour if I were painting mine.
John Deere green would look stellar as well.
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detroit diesel (alpine) green is my favorite.
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You guys have weird color taste ;D Black it is, or even grey (http://www.kotinet.com/matti.farm/Audi/Moottori/114-1456_img.jpg) :)
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thats cause your Finish ;)
Detroit Diesel Green is a beauty colour!
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Thanks . does anyone have pictures of a clean block with the oem paint? I would go with the detroit diesel green over the john deere.
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just painted my block with diesel green today. came out great!
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Rasberry Ice FTW.... (aka bright PINK) :-*
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Now you need a green trans. ;)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee10/joshmarstall/PICT1136-1.jpg).
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John Deere green might be close. Later blocks are black. Oil pan and valve cover is always black.
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My block is green, I'd guess it's original. I can barely see the block (too dirty) except were the coolant runs down the back of the block and washes it ::).
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Ghetto-tastic strap alert! :o
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Ghetto-tastic strap alert! :o
That's what holds the IP to the gasser head! ;D
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Ghetto-tastic strap alert! :o
That's what holds the IP to the gasser head! ;D
*Looks again...* Holy Monks! That is a gasser head! :o What heresy is this?! >:(
... Says the guy putting a gasser head on an 11mm diesel shortblock... ::) :D
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All that gasser stuff is JUST FOR MOK UP. Its used to judge clearance of hood, firewall and shift linkage.
Yes its a getto strap, what else would I use for quick checks. The strap is holding up the intake. The pump is mounted to the engine mount plate and yes the block is a gasser one too :-X.
I don't have another diesel block to use for said clearance's.
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here is my diesel green, it's a tad lighter than the stock color i think.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/015.jpg)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/016.jpg)
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here is my diesel green, it's a tad lighter than the stock color i think.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/015.jpg)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/016.jpg)
this is the beautiful detroit green i was talking about!
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yes sir. found it at checkers auto parts. also dont worry i cleaned up all bolt holes/ sealing surfaces of paint.
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When I paint a block, I run a short bolt and a washer down tight into each bolt-hole, and use blue painter's tape to mask off the sealing surfaces.
I also have a spare oil pan that's four different colours, since I put that on to protect that sealing surface. :D
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here is my diesel green, it's a tad lighter than the stock color i think.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/015.jpg (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/015.jpg)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/016.jpg (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/016.jpg)
what paint color did you end up using, and is it available as a spray can, like at an auto parts store?
looks great!
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Anyone know where I can buy Caterpillar Yellow paint? The guy I'm fixing the Dasher up for is a Caterpillar nut... I think it'd be fun to work up his engine in that colour and not tell him. :p
edit: Be looking specifically for "Old" yellow, or caterpillar colour code C106A, I think.
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here is my diesel green, it's a tad lighter than the stock color i think.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/015.jpg (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/015.jpg)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/016.jpg (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Scrochy187/016.jpg)
what paint color did you end up using, and is it available as a spray can, like at an auto parts store?
looks great!
it's dupicolor engine enamel spraypaint. color is detroit diesel alpine green.
also i have a pad i can put on my dye grinder to take the paint of all the surfaces and it's rubber so it doesn't take off any of the metal.