I decided to spray my spare set of coil packs white, which worked a treat I think (see pics)

 

I also sprayed the little bolts that hold the brackes onto the coil packs in red - which matches the colour scheme of my engine bay nice

 

In the meantime I got the brackets off the coil packs powder coated - which also look great but the stupid thind is some monkey at the powder coaters got coating into the threads! So I managed to get one put back together by scraping around in the thread with my screwdriver and driving the bolt in and out until with some force I got them far enough in to hold the bracket tight

 

The pics look cool (I think anyway) but how best to get the powder coating off the threads in the other brackets??? I have a hew hand tools and a dremmel handy if that is any use

 

 

Rich

Surely the wire brush attachment on your dremel should do it mate.

Safest way to do it without damaging the threads is to re-tap the threads with correct size tap.

Hmm if the dremel don't suffice I don't suppose anyone knows the correct size tap do they?

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I decided to spray my spare set of coil packs white, which worked a treat I think (see pics)

 

I also sprayed the little bolts that hold the brackes onto the coil packs in red - which matches the colour scheme of my engine bay nice

 

In the meantime I got the brackets off the coil packs powder coated - which also look great but the stupid thind is some monkey at the powder coaters got coating into the threads! So I managed to get one put back together by scraping around in the thread with my screwdriver and driving the bolt in and out until with some force I got them far enough in to hold the bracket tight

 

The pics look cool (I think anyway) but how best to get the powder coating off the threads in the other brackets??? I have a hew hand tools and a dremmel handy if that is any use

 

Just use a tap to clean the threads.

Its not the powder coaters fault. If you have seen how it works then you would have realised that all thread holes need to be covered. The powder is misted on from the gun with an elactrostatic charge and covers everything it is aimed at

I normally just send everything with bolts loosely in the holes.

Other bits that dont need doing or large cavities I fill with baking foil

and how do they bake plastic without melting it ? :)

and how do they bake plastic without melting it ? :)

 

They dont .

He has had the brackets done.

A powder coat oven runs at 200degrees for 30 mins approx..

Plastic has no chance

 

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and how do they bake plastic without melting it ? :)

 

They dont .

He has had the brackets done.

A powder coat oven runs at 200degrees for 30 mins approx..

Plastic has no chance

They dont .

He has had the brackets done.

A powder coat oven runs at 200degrees for 30 mins approx..

Plastic has no chance

 

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They dont .

He has had the brackets done.

A powder coat oven runs at 200degrees for 30 mins approx..

Plastic has no chance

 

Calm down Pete... Sure he heard you the first time :lol:

Looks like I probably made a good colour match of spraying the coil packs and getting the brackets powder coated by the sounds of it lol

 

I sprayed me nuts red as well ooh errr.... oh sorry no they were bolts :wink:

Calm down Pete... Sure he heard you the first time :lol:

 

Stupid slow internet connection... so hit buttom again...LOL!!!!

Cheers guys that worked a treat!

 

For reference the correct tap is 5mm with 0.8mm thread

 

Rich

If you take stuff for powder coating with threads you can ask them to put cork plugs in the holes to stop the powder getting in there in the first place, if they cant be bothered to do this for you id go elsewhere !!!