Before I dropped the motor in, I scrubbed the tranny, firewall, underside of the hood, frame, steering box, steering linkage, and front axle with Purple Power then power washed everything. From there, I sanded the underside of the hood, firewall and frame rails with my DA sander and cleaned them again. I taped off everything I didn't want to paint, mixed up some epoxy based Rustoleum 9100 series semi-gloss black and went to town. The epoxy based Rustoleum 9100 likes heat and humidity which we have plenty of in Maryland during the summer so the paint cured pretty quickly. From there, the engine and tranny mated up pretty easily. My buddy's Kubota tractor, the new motor mounts and replacement bell housing bushings made the job cake.
Last edited by LowDown_55.6400; 02/12/20187:05 PM.
