Exhaust work

 I sandblasted and painted the exhaust manifold as well as the valve cover and a few other parts. The color is not a match but I found a good quality high temp gold paint, so I hope it will hold up better than the original paint. You can see the block was painted blue by Kubota and over sprayed gold by Universal. I pulled the alternator and still can't find anyone to test it!




Here you see the test fit of the new exhaust.
Note the soot from the old leak. What a
 dogs dinner that was.

Here the unit is brazed and sandblasted, ready for a coat of high temp gold paint and installation.
I installed it today and everything went well. I have to wrap it in high temp exhaust cloth but will run it first to make sure it is sealed up. I bought a sea strainer and fabricated a bracket for it. That went in today. I found the hose running from the sea cock to the intake pump to be cracked and worn. I'm going to toss it and get another six feet.