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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

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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?

That's an interesting idea...might have to dig around a little. Of course I don't have a donor to take shavings from

Cody and I are in...

The studs had to have been plated some how. Plated first, then installed? Or maybe just plate the outside of the shell? How are they affixed? I need to see if I have a survivor and paint strip it to see what it looks like...

The older that dog gets the more you two look alike!!!

I worked on the pedal box some today too. The backside of the pedal box has what looks like weatherstrip adhesive on it. Does it just glue to the firewall? Is it supposed to have a gasket? This seal is for the steering shaft. I plan on gluing both sides of this too on re-installation. Is this seal available anywhere?

I also recut the quarter. I mic'd a shim until I found one the right size to make an even door seam You can see how much extra there is. Close to an 1/8" This is 4 or 5 passes. I would tack then go do something else for 30 minutes or so Some more, then knocked down. I have some pin holes to tack up. I ordered a flexible file to finish fairing it...

Started on the front turn signals The plastic is quite soft on these. We bead blasted them to get over spray off of them. It fuzzed them a little. Knocked them down with 400 a little semi gloss white Looks pretty good. I need to source the little screws that hold the lens on. There are two sizes and look like they might be stainless. they are really fine! Also I had this one that is cracked. I am going to try to plastic weld this one, but have to get the welder back from a friend We'll see. I have no idea what type of plastic this is...

So a little fiberglass to fill the rust divots A little high build primer Sand to 400 grit Then a little glazing putty Then some Eastwood semi-gloss I was going to try to plate the studs but my plating tank heater is dead. So maybe next weekend... Interesting that no one chimed in on whether the boosters were yellow zinc under the black??

I would start with the heat shield and heat issues before I looked at the float levels

My first thought would be to check float levels

Yup, they use copper for adhesion and they can also use it as a filler to make a bumper look really sharp. They plate it, then file and shape it, and then plate some more until they get it just shaped. Then they chrome it. It's a neat process