As the picture shows, I have removed all the missing hardware to repaint. Previous owners did NO underhood maintenance, So I am undertaking the project. Not the first time I have done this.
All the parts were wheeled or sanded. The Intake manifold & valve covers were repainted with dupli-color high temp paint. Stabilizer bars were finished with tremcald. All these pieces are ready to re-install. Exhaust manifolds will be painted with VHT (primer & cast colour finish) tomorrow. Of course there are other areas that will be refinished over the next few days.
I took lots of pictures of the engine & it attachments to ease the re-installation of everything that I had to remove. Have a look

 

Two comments;

#1, Good work on the cleaning, I know it's tedious but you appear to have it under control, I'm looking forward to the finished pics.

#2, Maybe it's an oddity of the lighting when the pics were taken, but from here those coolant passages look nasty as all Hell Has a cooling system flush been done to it yet?

 

After 3 weeks, all the work is completed under the hood including new parts of waterpump, thermostat housing, gaskets & seals, cooling hoses, R.E.M. underhood pad. Lots of rattle cans of Tremclad, Dupli-color high temp black, VHT primer & exhaust ceramic paint. Attached are a couple of before & several after the fact.

 

Nice, looks brand new.

 

The absolute best exhaust manifold coating is POR-15 cast iron gray. I wouldn't waste my time with a rattle can paint...

 

I have been using the VHT ceramic manifold exhaust for years and have had great success.
Each to his own!

 

Well it really looks good (should have mentioned that in my previous post). Lots of work! I know; done it myself...