Cam Covers – Painted

Painted Cam Covers

Painted Cam Covers


This is the initial result of painting the cam covers. It will need a little touch up to be perfect. First I cleaned the covers with a wire brush and then sanded them down. Then I prep-washed with 3M Wax and Grease Remover. Then I did an under coat of 3M Engine Enamel in Aluminium Colour. Then masked the Toyota and DOHC signs off and painted it in VHT Wrinkle Plus Black. Waited 48 hours and then baked them in a makeshift oven, made of a heat gun and a fruit box.

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Colours

Colour Computer
Toyota Paint Codes
Z20 Soarer Paint Codes
Z10 Soarer Paint Codes
Two-Tone Guide

Z10 Paint Codes
Super White 035
Super White Ⅱ 040 – MZ12GT/L
White Soar 033
Canopy Light Green M 6E9
Lessing off Silver M 139
Super Silver M 150 – MZ12GT
Super Red 3D1
Super Red Ⅱ 3E5 – MZ12GT
Moisture Red M 3A3
Flaming Red 391
Plum Dewey M 3A4
Bally Beige 4A8
Pharma segment Blue M 889
Stratos Blue M 896
Stream Toning 2E5
Performance Toning 2M7
Stony Grey Branch 2M5 – MZ12GT
Horizontal Toning 2B2
Toning Quartz Limited 2E6
Limited Pearl Toning 2M6
Toning Limited Future 2U9 – MZ12GTL

Two Tone Year Top Color Code Bottom Color Code
2M5 – Orig MZ11 81-91 BEIGE MET 4D2 CINNAMON BROWN MET 4A9
2U9 – Orig MZ12 85 WHITE PEARL 042 LIGHT BEIGE MET 4E3
X52 – Chosen Colour 89 SUPER WHITE II 040 MEDIUM BEIGE MET 4H6

So the trick is to find a suitable combination of colours, wich don’t use pearl.

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At the Panel Shop

Good progress is being made on the MZ12 at the panel shop. It has now been stripped and is in the process of getting primed, then having any rust cut out and fresh metal welded in place.

Side

Rear

Engine Bay

Engine Bay

Hood

Hood

Boot

Boot

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6MGE – Reconditioned

Got the engine back from the engineering shop today. Ready to be unwrapped, cleaned off and reassembled.

Head

Head


Block

Block


Crank Shaft

Crank Shaft

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Cam Covers – Cleaned

Cam Covers

Cam Covers


Here are the cam covers from the 6MGE cleaned and with the old paint stripped off. The cam covers on these engines are quite nice. Just need to think what colour to paint them.

Here are some examples from the web.
5MGE Black and Red

5MGE Satin Black

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6MGE Crank Pulley / Harmonic Balancer – Rebuilt

Sent my harmonic balancer to Precision Parts in Wagga Wagga and they rebuilt it for me. Originally it wasn’t looking so great.

Harmonic Balancer

Harmonic Balancer


Harmonic Balancer Side

Harmonic Balancer Side

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Transmission – Disassembly

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission


Removed all the electronic components from the automatic transmission before taking it to be rebuilt.

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Engine – Disassembly – Part 2

Continued disassembling the engine. Pulled the head off, everything looks good

Engine Head

Engine Head

Engine Bottom End

Engine Bottom End

Disassembling the head getting it ready to take to the machinists.

Engine Head Cam Towers Remove

Engine Head Cam Towers Removed

Valve Lifters

Valve Lifters

Valve Lifters

Valve Lifters

Valve lifters removed and stored in oil.

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Engine – Disassembly – Part 1

Worked on disassembling the engine today. Got up to the point where the next thing to do is remove the head.

Engine at the beginning of the day

Engine at the beginning of the day

Engine timing cover removed

Engine timing cover removed

Engine pre head removal

Engine pre head removal

Engine pre head removal

Engine pre head removal

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To the Panel Shop

After a year and a half of sitting in my garage the MZ12 was loaded up and taken to the panel shop for body work and a respray. Here it is sitting outside the shop.

At the Panel Shop

At the Panel Shop

At the Panel Shop

At the Panel Shop

Hopefully it will look something like this when it comes back.

Highway Soarer MZ12

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