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Pullstart

So was dropping it really an accident, or an effort to separate the plastic from the steel?

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ebinmaine
13 minutes ago, pullstart said:

So was dropping it really an accident, or an effort to separate the plastic from the steel?

Actual accident.

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ebinmaine

Here's a couple shots of the engine sitting in its degreaser tray in the cellar. We are spraying Zep Industrial Purple on it.

 

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Pullstart

Now grab yourself a 99 cent paint brush and you’ve got a Zep parts washer!

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Sarge

With a blank and smooth metal panel - you could have @Vinylguy make up some decals for it...

 

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ebinmaine
5 minutes ago, Sarge said:

With a blank and smooth metal panel - you could have @Vinylguy make up some decals for it...

 

Sarge

I had that thought as well. Thanks for reminding me Sarge.

 

Terry? How about it....

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ztnoo
On 1/12/2019 at 9:34 PM, ebinmaine said:

I wire brushed what seemed like 1 million bolts and nuts and washers and screws today.....

 

@ebinmaine,

If you are going to be doing much of this restoration stuff in the future, besides Squonk's degreaser and paint stripper suggestion, you might want to also consider a vibrator tumbler like Harbor Freight or Eastwood sells to do a final cleaning to get some of rusty, scaly junk off those small parts. It does a better job and is probably much safer than spending hours at a grinder with a wire wheel attached. I know the winter's are long in Maine, but not standing at a grinder or using wire brushes, would leave time for other more constructive activities and pursuits.

With various media available, you can choose from really heavily abrasive stuff to media that will actually polish.

You can even do other things with them..........like polish ammo brass if you are reloader.

Just a thought.

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ebinmaine

@ztnoo

Definitely familiar with those. I had one to mess around with polishing rocks when we were younger.

 

I was not aware that there ever was a media for those that was fine enough to get into the threads of a bolt.

 

That's a great suggestion and thank you. I'll look into that more.

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oliver2-44

I've certainly spent enough time brushing bolts and small items.  I was at a harbor Freight yesterday and drooled over those. There on my craigslist search list. 

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WVHillbilly520H
1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I was not aware that there ever was a media for those that was fine enough to get into the threads of a bolt.

Ground corn cobs.

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Razorback
3 hours ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

Ground corn cobs.

Yep... I bet I have cleaned a few million brass and nickel-plated brass pistol caliber cases.... corncob media (or walnut) works good in on of those bowls. Nuts and bolts should be a piece of cake!

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Vinylguy
On 1/16/2019 at 9:08 AM, ebinmaine said:

I had that thought as well. Thanks for reminding me Sarge.

 

Terry? How about it....

Eric

 Sending a PM soon

 

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ebinmaine

Trina's working on the seat again today

 

 

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I had a nice phone conversation with Terry @Vinylguy this morning about the possibility of making some sort of the decal set as suggested by @Sarge above.

He's thinking, and I agree, that a vinyl sticker could be a nice replacement for the broken/ warped plastic dashes.

 

 

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Vinylguy
1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

I had a nice phone conversation with Terry @Vinylguy this morning about the possibility of making some sort of the decal set as suggested by @Sarge above.

He's thinking, and I agree, that a vinyl sticker could be a nice replacement for the broken/ warped plastic dashes.

 

 

With a blank and smooth metal panel - you could have @Vinylguy make up some decals for it...

Sarge

 Are the plastic dashes adhered to the metal plate backing or just held together with the bolts?

 

Not trying to hi-jack your thread Eric.

 

 

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ebinmaine
10 minutes ago, Vinylguy said:

With a blank and smooth metal panel - you could have @Vinylguy make up some decals for it...

Sarge

 Are the plastic dashes adhered to the metal plate backing or just held together with the bolts?

 

Not trying to hi-jack your thread Eric.

 

 

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@Vinylguy

and for that matter everyone else. Never ever ever worry about hijacking any one of my threads for any reason.

We are all here to learn new things and keep entertained and sometimes both.

 

This particular dashboard appears to have some long past dried out residue on the back of it where it was attached to the metal but I can't honestly tell you that that is or is not adhesive of any sort.

 

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Lee1977

I just looked at my 1977 C-i20 it has a thin galvanize backing that the Throttle and Choke are riveted to. Maybe they used better metal on the older models.

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ebinmaine
28 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

I just looked at my 1977 C-i20 it has a thin galvanize backing that the Throttle and Choke are riveted to. Maybe they used better metal on the older models.

My 1974 c-160 and my 1977 c-160 both had the same arrangement. Probably that same thin galvanized backing that you are looking at.

That is the painted piece that you see in the above pictures.

Added text: Also, both of mine were bolted in. Not riveted.

 

We compared the thickness of the metal plate for the 867 and it appears to be the same although we didn't use a micrometer or anything...

 

 

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ebinmaine

More stages of the seat adhesive 

 

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ebinmaine

Trimming the excess vinyl off of the seat after installing the pinch molding all the way around the outside edge.

@Mows4three Dave those scissors might look familiar to you...

 

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ebinmaine

And the seat is done!

 

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Pullstart

Great job, you two!

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Chris G

Good job

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ebinmaine

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ebinmaine

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