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Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob
I read with interest your paint match post. Do you still have the mix formula on your blend?
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Well, the engine and transmission are now out. No big surprises or stories. A few comments though in no particular order:
1) Speaking of brake boosters - man, what a pain to remove them on Fbodies. Four little nuts that take about an hour to remove. If Joey theWelder wasn't deer hunting we would have had him make an extended 9/16" wrench. I'm not sure how we will get the nuts on when the new booster gets installed.
2) Next in order of difficulty was removing the frame mount portion of the motor mounts. Again, I'm not sure how we will get the nuts installed when we put the new mounts on.
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The paint I'm using is PPG's Shop-Line brand in single stage urethane (JAU). The color they found that's a close match is a Land Rover color. The name of the color is Tuscan Blue and the code is 16513. That's what they started with. I think they added a dab of yellow and black to make a better match with the valve cover I provided. So, since there was some tinting done to match the sample color, there's not an exact formula.
For the booster nuts, I have some "gear wrenches" with pivoting heads that I got from Harbor Freight that makes the job easier.
For the motor mount bolts, I prefer to put the bolt in from underneath and put the nuts on top. Much easier than trying to start nuts up inside the frame.