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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Bill,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t believe that there was any cad plating on my TR3, I think everything ended up shiny zinc. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The AH had cad plating on the weird thread body fasteners, some plates, jamb nuts and odd fittings for the hydraulic lines, sheet metal screws, and other odd fittings. Some of the small ¼” fine thread bolts were cad plated too, about 10% maybe? By and large, most of the hardware was shiny zinc plating on that one. I may have gotten it wrong, but all of the 10/32 posidrive stuff including nuts and washers I had done in shiny zinc. The clamps that hold the gauges to the dash are also cad plated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I did a fair amount on my TR6 too but not all of it. A lot more of that one was cad plated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had a bunch of oddball stuff that I had accumulated over the years including brake fittings and whitworth stuff – I had about 20# of that stuff shiny zinc plated a few years ago. I have it all organized by size, length and thread and use it as spares, a mini hardware store.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have had a lot of “junk” come through here over the past 20 years or so, I typically remove anything that is worth saving. When somebody’s car comes in for a repair and it has a stripped or wrong bolt in it, I try to match it up with a correct spare, I get a kick out of the various markings on the bolt heads and seeing everything match on a given assembly. “Unbrako” on the TR brake and suspension bits. “R” for the Austin Healey motor mounts, etc. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wbeech <wbeech@flash.net> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 31, 2020 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jonas Payne <jpayne@jpaynepbr.onmicrosoft.com><br><b>Cc:</b> triumphs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [TR] TUMBLER<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>When do you zinc plate and when do you use cadmium?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Interesting topic as I have been re-plating wheel nuts today using the Eastman zinc plating kit. Works pretty well in that it does a good job of plating but don’t seem to be able to get the shine that new hardware has.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Triumphs [<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonas Payne<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 31, 2020 12:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>; <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] TUMBLER<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dave,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They work, but they take forever and it’s a good idea to “pre clean” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the last 2 cars I restored, I took every single last bit of “plated” hardware from the car to a local plating shop in a couple of 5 gallon buckets, grease, rust and all. Springs, screws, washers, plates, nuts bolts, all of it. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just have to take photos and notes to get things back in the right place.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For $120, an entire car worth of clean, shiny, rust free cadmium and/or light zinc plated hardware was returned in about a week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just have to specify the finish you want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll never clean big piles of hardware again.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For small jobs (say a transmission or a front end re-do) I just put hardware in a bucket of paint thinner for a few days and give them a periodic spin with a mixer/paddle blade on a cordless drill. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Couple rounds of that and a finish wash in some muriatic acid to eat up the rust and remaining grease (same method) (don’t leave the bits in too long). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rinse in clean water, dry, and hit with a light coat of clear spray paint.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jonas Payne<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PBR Consulting Services, LLC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>702.882.6711<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>We have Moved!<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our new offices are locted at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3191 E. Warm Springs Rd. #13<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Las Vegas, NV 89120<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 31, 2020 10:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] TUMBLER<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>has anyone used a tumbler to clean nuts and bolts? i see eastwood and harbor freight both have them<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' id=replyBlockquote><div id=wmQuoteWrapper><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>