{"id":726,"date":"2025-12-07T16:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brainwalkers.ca\/?p=726"},"modified":"2025-12-07T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:56:56","slug":"barrel-and-cylinder-head-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.brainwalkers.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/barrel-and-cylinder-head-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrel and Cylinder Head – Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fresh back from the cleaning folks<\/a>\u2014who somehow didn\u2019t<\/em> lose or ruin anything, a small miracle\u2014I had a couple of things to sort out before meeting up with Mario (a.k.a. The Master Mechanic<\/em>, and trust me, he reminds you of the title often) to start piecing the engine back together.<\/p>\n\n\n

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First job: took the rocker over to my neighbour Steve last night. He\u2019s kindly squeezed it into his \u201cG-job\u201d list, which is what he calls work he does for pals, usually at the pace of a scenic Sunday drive :o). He\u2019s fixing a tiny-ish chip on one of the fins. Can\u2019t wait to see it done\u2014his work\u2019s usually immaculate enough to make you question your own life decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then there\u2019s my mini paint booth<\/em>, if you can call a cardboard box with the barrel on top of a container a paint booth. Engineering genius, I know. But it let me spin the barrel around like a rotisserie chicken, which meant I could get paint in between every fin. Once it looked halfway respectable, I chucked it into another box, sealed it up, and brought it inside the house\u2014partly to keep fumes under control, partly because the outdoor temperature was roughly that of a meat locker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up: the cylinder head repair. After that, I\u2019ll be waiting for a day that\u2019s not blowing a gale or freezing solid, so I can head over to Mario\u2019s and get this thing reassembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the weather cooperates, that is\u2014which, knowing my luck, it absolutely won\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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