CCKW engine paint

pfarber · Post by **pfarber** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:37 am

What colors go on what items under the hood of a CCKW (43 open cab?).

Right now everything is red (former fire truck). So I need manifold, block, head, starter, gen, etc colors.

Thanks.

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:21 pm

Engine is "wet olive" color, just like what you see in a jar of olives, Eastwood, I believe has it. The Intake is the same, exhaust manifold is cast iron color, but I like to paint it OD and the paint cooks into a protective protective color that does not seem to rust. Generator/Starter, Distributor, Oil Filter upper and lower straps are S.G. Black. Oil Filter body/cover is GM Orange, and the Breather for the Oil Fill Pipe can be either Gloss Black, or OD. (There are NOS Oil Filters available in OD with Decal)
Joel

pfarber · Post by **pfarber** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:08 pm

I got one other response.... all black accessories but the engine was grey.

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:17 pm

Uh,Uh,
Even the Gov't Rebuilt blocks (US) were OD .
I would just put the 24087 Spray cans to it. Eastwood would be my choice of paint for a block to put on display. I will be building a spare for my CCKW, and will install all NOS Spare accessories on it just to tease my friends, what looks nice are the NOS AC Oil Filters w/decals.
Joel aka Mr Noname

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:16 pm

Joel, what color is the horn?

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:46 pm

The NOS ones I had were Gloss Black, or damn close to it.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:58 am

Thanks for the info. I will paint the one I got from you black.

nwmv · Post by **nwmv** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:46 pm

joel gopan wrote:Engine is "wet olive" color, just like what you see in a jar of olives, Eastwood, I believe has it. The Intake is the same, exhaust manifold is cast iron color, but I like to paint it OD and the paint cooks into a protective protective color that does not seem to rust. Generator/Starter, Distributor, Oil Filter upper and lower straps are S.G. Black. Oil Filter body/cover is GM Orange, and the Breather for the Oil Fill Pipe can be either Gloss Black, or OD. (There are NOS Oil Filters available in OD with Decal)
Joel

Anybody here know the correct color for the oil filter housing and lid for a CCKW?? I went by Joel's info above, but it has come under fire and now he's clammed up

Hammerhead · Post by **Hammerhead** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:14 pm

Hi nwmv,

I went by the illustrations in the TM 9-801 manuel. Although the illustrations are in black and white (of course) I've studied the shades of the colors of the engine components that are shown alot. I painted the oil filter body/cover in the same O.D. shade as I did the engine. The illustrations on page 221 and numerous other pages seem to me to be real clear on that. As you can see, the upper and lower straps of the oil filter, the breather for the oil filler pipe, radiator and horn are all black.

By the way, you're doing a GREAT job restoring that excellent CCKW of yours. Thank you very much for sharing your pictures with the rest of us.
Hammerhead

nwmv · Post by **nwmv** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:46 pm

Thanks Hammerhead, I just want to get it right the first time. I guess I could paint it any color I want as there seems to be no 100% proof of any one color. For now I will leave it as is. Sandblasted and primed 5 more rims today. Boy I tell ya these damn rims and tires are the biggest expense and the most labor of anything on these trucks

thierryb · Post by **thierryb** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:32 pm

This is a picture of the engine of a friends cckw352 :

What do you think about the colour?

Thierry.

airborne53 · Post by **airborne53** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:15 pm

hello
pics of original motor never rebuilt by french army
1941 motor grey color

1943 motor

olivier

airborne53 · Post by **airborne53** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:17 pm

thierryb wrote:This is a picture of the engine of a friends cckw352 :

What do you think about the colour?

Thierry.

hello
it's french rebuilt motor , french color
olivier

thierryb · Post by **thierryb** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:11 pm

Thanks for the info Olivier

Thierry.

Hammerhead · Post by **Hammerhead** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:34 pm

Hammerhead · Post by **Hammerhead** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:37 pm

I uploaded (hopefully!) a couple of pictures of my CCKW's engine compartment. Right or wrong there's the colors I used.

Hammerhead · Post by **Hammerhead** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:49 pm

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Hammerhead · Post by **Hammerhead** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:36 am

ARGGHH! Dang computers!

airborne53 · Post by **airborne53** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:06 am

Barry Churcher · Post by **Barry Churcher** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:42 pm

I was trying to remember the saying about being from Missouri but for fear of messing it up I will forget it. Whether Hammerheads engine is right or wrong it sure is purdy and I would be proud to have it in my truck.
Cheers,
Barry