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I may attempt reassembly next weekend. I think I am have most everything ready for that. The MC push rod can go in after the shell is assembled.

So I really wanted to protect the studs on the booster before I reassembled it. I have both halves of the case finish painted. So I plated them in place. I wired them up and suspended them in the tank This is how the other half turned out Now I'm working on plating the MC push rod. I'm working on removing the pitting from the rod.

This little part had blistered on my and I replated it. I will check it in a week or so and make sure it doesn't blister Looks good today, we'll see. Hopefully filtering the tank eliminated the issue

Tried to plate last weekend but my tank heater was dead. So I got another one and did some plating this weekend. One thing I did was plate some studs on a booster. This part is fully painted except for the studs Wired up Suspended right at the top of the tank Turned out pretty decent. I am unsure why the ends of the studs didn't really plate. It will be ok, since these studs are under the dash

I believe that may be the exhaust he is running

I think if he had a wire swapped it would run more poorly than it does What he really needs is a substitute dizzy. That would eliminate the pertronix as an issue

That's great progress! Sounds so much better!

I was mainly working off your theory on bad pickups. I was hoping 3 and 4 were adjacent, suggesting a damaged section. However they are exactly opposed...

Me too! Maybe next year

Someone got, the firing order off the top of your head?

Thanks Mark! I have had bad experiences from welding too. Some which lasted weeks. I am much more diligent about avoiding those exposures if possible. I even were a respirator under my hood when it's bad. I should probably make that SOP but I haven't yet. I am fortunate my family doctor is a friend of mine and only lives two blocks away, so I just got back from his place. The immediate course of action seems to be going in for some blood work to check my heavy metal levels.He wasn't too worried about some of the symptoms, but that is where I plan to start, provided I can afford the testing. One of my concerns is I have been bead blasting all this old hardware and venting the cabinet into the shop. Which means I am breathing what ever is coming off the hardware, ie Zinc or Cadmium. So I moved the vacuum outside the shop today. So it is now venting outside. When I get some results back I should have some info on which to assess risk to the stuff I do. Part of the problem is, I get a double dose, since I work in construction and am exposed to lots of toxins at work too.

I haven't gone to the doctor yet because I'm uninsured and don't want to get flagged before I come up with some kind of coverage. I have been having some symptoms and the more I look, the more they sound like heavy metal toxicity. Tongue tingling, back pain, easily winded, balance issues, burning and tingling in my feet. Now that could be from a lot of different metals, zinc, lead, cadmium, steel, copper. Cadmium has the potential to be a real problem because it can cause low iron deficiencies. It is also hard for your body to expel. Zinc is bad, but not as bad as cadmium.

I have seen this discussed a number of times on the forum. Has there ever been a definitive answer? Was the hardware on the car originally cadmium plated? I have never really been able to determine if that was in fact the case. I have been having some health issues lately and am trying to run down possible sources of exposure to heavy metals. Cadmium being one of them. Thanks, Charles

"B quiet" sound material https://www.b-quiet.com/

There are SIX plugs!

Good luck!

That's progress! At least we know it's cylinder specific

Yyyyeeeeaaaa, crispy isn't any good!

My first concern would be rust under there causing the cracking. If not it's probably breaking loose from chassis flex

Are you looking for a 4 speed knob? I can look around some for you...

I think wheee! found some. Look in his build thread. I have no idea what page it might be on....

Be careful. I have never dealt with racetep, but I have seen very mixed reviews...

I have found that raw aluminum doesn't stay pretty very long for me without a coating. i am not near the coast but we have very high humidity. It will be interesting to see how yours holds up.

What are you using as protectant after getting your aluminum clean?