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Hardware restoration -
I went with a Black Oxide treatment for all the nuts & bolts for this project. I don't know what the factory did but this is much better than painting them. Wire wheel them, de-grease them, throw them in the solution, dry, then soak 'em in any oil you want. I used ATF...
Question for you guys hauling your racecars in enclosed trailers -
I'm looking for a good quality Blue tooth camera that uses your phone as a monitor/display. Anybody have a recommendation?
My Vinnegar, lemon juice & salt soup was able to loosen up the undercoating enough on the spring hargars for me to easily scrape it off. Now they need a wire wheeling then paint.
Lastly I got the "chunk" painted, I used Eastwood Spray Gray Cast steel replication.
I had just enough paint left to paint one backing plate last night. On the left is what it looks like after going over it with a scotch bright pad and on the right is after paint. I feel that he color is a fairly close match to the bare steel.
Pinion seal fun -
Pulled the yoke off to replace the seal, whoever installed the seal needed more training or maybe it was late on a Friday, I forgot to take a pic but it was not driven in all the way and it was crooked. Never the less it wasnt leaking.
I was surprised to see that it was the...
Back at it -
I treated the backing plates to the same Vinnegar, lemon juice & salt soak. Here are some before pics -
And here they are after a few days in the soup - this stuff work great. After I wash the parts off with water & backing soda I spray them down with brakecleaner to keep them...
Here are the 40+ year old Monroe shocks after I cleaned them up. The bushings have a few minor cracks in them but will be fine. They aren't bad enough to repaint so they'l go back on like this -