Yeah I was pretty fortunate. I made contact with the PO a couple years back, stopped him on the road in my 40 series and we had a chat. We exchanged info and then I would occasionally drop him a text. He was an older gentleman and finally called me mid-April and said he was ready to sell. He was...
Thanks for the advice…it’s a bummer about the brightener and homemade solution :( I called Caswell today and asked about getting the solution and brightener…they gave me the part numbers I needed. I thought $80 wasnt a terrible price for the 1.5 gal solution. With brightener and some blue...
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When you steelwool after plating does it first appear like the plating is being removed as it shines up?
The first time I used a dremmel on some of my parts at low speed and shined them up then submerged in Chromate and it didn’t adhere, so I figured I stripped the zinc off…I...
What are you using to wire them up? I had used some stripped 12g wire I had around and it’s way to big as it noticeably blocks plating surface….
2nd what did you do early when the process didn’t turn out to your liking? Did you wire wheel degrease and replate?
3rd is your chromate kept at...
This a an awesome write-up @avicenna110! I had actually had the 3 gal. CopyCad zinc kit in my wishlist on the Caswell site…seeing how your system produces great results I decided to forego the kit and use vinegar/salt solution instead. I did purchase the chromate, power supply, and leads from...
Hello, I was just reading up on h55 swaps and noticed you used the AA crossmember...a couple questions
1. Do you recall the part number or application for the rubber tranny mount that bolts between crossmember and trans?
2. I noticed you deleted the torque tube...any I’ll effects of doing...