Progress to share

3 pics of my progress at cleaning up the engine cases. It's a slow work in progress and the PO (previous owner) really went to town with the Krylon, but it's working. The combination of elbow grease, Tal Stripper (that's aircraft paint stripper, mind you), and brake cleaner is making my cases pretty.

Onward and... onward?

No pics to show yet. I've started stripping the engine to get all that nasty paint off of it. It's quite the chore. I managed to pull some from various sections but as I'm doing so I'm realizing that all of the exposed rubber on the motor will need replaced. Shouldn't be a huge deal, but I am a little concerned about all that crap maybe being in the engine. Still haven't decided whether or not to break the seal on the engine block - maybe a top end.

Wait - getting ahead of myself. Do one thing at a time. I'm focused on the case right now. Then on to the frame and maybe work on the front forks at the same time.

Man I have too much blue paint to remove!