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Planes acid treat every day before spraying alodine. No harm done. Personally, all I have ever done on new or used transmissions is...

And it is a solid color... I may do that...

If you are going to blow it apart then you might as well just panel paint it in pieces. No masking that way. I feel that gets the nicest...

Anytime I read the word "inverted" this automatically pops into my head.

Would you mind going into more detail on your procedure? Start with the side vertical, paint that, then rotate 90 degrees to the top...

Planes acid treat every day before spraying alodine. No harm done. Personally, all I have ever done on new or used transmissions is...

Might be a good idea though to dilute it a touch. Say 2 parts Ospho to 1 part water.

Yea that is the same way Barry told me to use Ospho on steel. I figured it was too aggressive for aluminum. I have some on the shelf...

Vinegar IMO no. A phosphoric acid based product is what you want to use. Ospho would be a good choice. Cheaper than the dedicated...

I'd be leery of traditional abrasive blasting on an assembled (motorcylcle?) transmission. Grit gets everywhere, possibly even inside...

Might be a good idea though to dilute it a touch. Say 2 parts Ospho to 1 part water.

I'd definitely rebuild anything that was US made.

During lunch I actually spoke with a guy local that builds compressors and he said the same thing (which this is the line of work he is...

have your pump rebuilt .

Yea that is the same way Barry told me to use Ospho on steel. I figured it was too aggressive for aluminum. I have some on the shelf...