Sunday, August 18, 2013

Cleaning and painting the differential

Finally worked on something other than the engine - the differential.  I had previously scrubbed and hosed most of the grease off the differential, so today was spent wire brushing, cleaning with denatured alcohol, and applying a coat of paint.

Before wire brushing and cleaning:


After:

While working on the differential, some oil had leaked while i tried to clean/paint the underside of the differential.  I'll need to look a bit more at this later, but for now, differential painted can be checked off on the list of things to do.