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I don't see how that can be repaired properly on the car. Needs TIG welding but it will have to be cleaned really well first. You aren't going to get it clean with out a good bit of solvent. You could contact some professional welders or a good machine shop. They might get you a better answer, sorry...I don't see epoxy working either, if the epoxy fails it will be hard to get the epoxy out for clean welding...

Went to that vendors store. Looks like he is trying to clean out the shop or going out of business. He is selling large lots of a number of things. It seems like it would be hard to sell things like that. Most people don't need 8 window cranks or a dozen brake light switches. He had some interesting listings if I had money to be hoarding parts although some of the prices seem kind of high...

Lizard Skin use to makes 3 products: insulator, sound control and top coat. The topcoat is new and was not available when I did my car. I used both. I used the insulator on the fire wall, tunnel, floors and roof and then covered all of that with sound control. I used 2 gallons (1 of each) on the current project

I would say no, it's not enough...

Maybe the mast is a replacement but the rest is original???

That's wrong!

Absolutely and don't throw any automatic tranny stuff away

I used both of those products. I shot the insulator first, then the sound deadener over that. I like them! They kill the sound in the chassis really well. I shot inside every where I could, even inside the doors. It needs to be applied heavy enough or it will have a rough texture. Underneath I used 3m under coater, like 8 cans or so

I really think the irony of this is that in 20-25 years automatics will be worth more because only about 7% of new cars are manual and new drivers aren't learning how to drive them. The 40 yr olds of the future aren't gonna want to buy our cars if they can't drive them. The auto's will be rare and highly valued. I may be wrong, just a theory...

I agree, it has a lot of value. I was surprised it didn't sell @ $58k though. He might find a buyer willing to go more but it will have to be at one of the big auction houses. I don't think it's going to happen on Ebay...

If you're good with electronics I have a 5 amp'er that doesn't work quite right, but shipping might not be worth it...

I am hesitant to go down the home brew plating path, especially after Namerows problems

Thanks Blue I read through that. I don't know if I can acquire Nitric locally. It has become fairly highly regulated in the last few years due to some of it's alternative uses...

I suspect both chromate dips are Nitric base, that's why I want to check the Ph of the tanks

As an aside I plated some hardware yesterday. The blue didn't brighten it the way it should but aside from that I baked this batch because it goes on the skid steer I'm rebuilding. The baking seems to darken them up even more and they seem to have a brown tone too...

That's an interesting solution

I have some clips, probably a few extras...need to re-plate them though

http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic03a14/34-1221 Is this it?

I did use all the blue chromate when I mixed it up. I hate it that Caswell doesn't send as much blue as the yellow. When I used the blue before the pieces brightened up almost immediately, After adding water, even after 2 minutes they don't brighten up like that...that's why I wanted to check Ph levels... I ordered a Ph meter from amazon for $20...

that's funny!

where did you get fender seals?

@Namerow Have you done any more plating lately? Also I have a favor to ask if you can come up with a way to do it. Can you test the Ph in each one of your tanks? I added some water to my blue chromate tank because it looked low and now it seems to do very little to plated hardware. I am wondering if I drove the Ph too high. Since yours tanks are reasonably fresh I was hoping to use those as a target for the Ph of each of my tanks. They make digital Ph meters or if you have some test strips they would work too...

Which bolts? The air filter housing to the base or the ones that bolt into the base and accept the ones from the cover?

I know there is very limited space there. I dealt with that area a couple of years ago... Site, I use denatured alcohol on my fingers when working with silicone. It works great too...

Yup ^^^ what he said. Switched power so it doesn't run when the car is off