Post locking plates - what are they off?
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There are various configuarations used through Granturas to vixens...Ford Consul / Classic have also been known to be used along with corsairs and they also look very similar to 1955 american ford edsels etc. You need to compare your catch mechanism on the door to settle on the correct matching striker plate and then find them since they are getting rarer.
I believe Steve Reid has various moulds of the differing types to allow new cast gunmetal versions to be made in batches. He also stocks the springs and plastic damper reciever catch, Backplates are also available like shrouds, These are also very rare last ones I saw on ebay were in Italy, near turin.
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I believe Steve Reid has various moulds of the differing types to allow new cast gunmetal versions to be made in batches. He also stocks the springs and plastic damper reciever catch, Backplates are also available like shrouds, These are also very rare last ones I saw on ebay were in Italy, near turin.
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Edited by heightswitch on Wednesday 23 January 19:10
Edited by heightswitch on Wednesday 23 January 19:11
Sounds like someone's seen the results of sending something other than Aluminium to the Anodizer's.
Their process isn't kind to other metals, as it's specifically designed for Aluminium and its alloys. In fact, the particular alloy must be known, for the process to work well. If it isn't, platers will not guarantee their work.
This part looks like it's made of pot metal. Some (experienced) chrome shopss could do a good job with it, but it wouldn't look original. Bead blast and black epoxy primer sounds appropriate. I wouldn't bother with powder coating, there are too many variables for nothing to go wrong. (Porosity, temperature, and powder type are three that I know of that could cause problems)
Best,
B.
Their process isn't kind to other metals, as it's specifically designed for Aluminium and its alloys. In fact, the particular alloy must be known, for the process to work well. If it isn't, platers will not guarantee their work.
This part looks like it's made of pot metal. Some (experienced) chrome shopss could do a good job with it, but it wouldn't look original. Bead blast and black epoxy primer sounds appropriate. I wouldn't bother with powder coating, there are too many variables for nothing to go wrong. (Porosity, temperature, and powder type are three that I know of that could cause problems)
Best,
B.
Slow M said:
Sounds like someone's seen the results of sending something other than Aluminium to the Anodizer's.
Their process isn't kind to other metals, as it's specifically designed for Aluminium and its alloys. In fact, the particular alloy must be known, for the process to work well. If it isn't, platers will not guarantee their work.
This part looks like it's made of pot metal. Some (experienced) chrome shopss could do a good job with it, but it wouldn't look original. Bead blast and black epoxy primer sounds appropriate. I wouldn't bother with powder coating, there are too many variables for nothing to go wrong. (Porosity, temperature, and powder type are three that I know of that could cause problems)
Best,
B.
Nope...silver cad plating. I send hardware out to be re-plated and they were in the box. Lamp bezels get sent to a different place to be re-anodized after I straighten them.Their process isn't kind to other metals, as it's specifically designed for Aluminium and its alloys. In fact, the particular alloy must be known, for the process to work well. If it isn't, platers will not guarantee their work.
This part looks like it's made of pot metal. Some (experienced) chrome shopss could do a good job with it, but it wouldn't look original. Bead blast and black epoxy primer sounds appropriate. I wouldn't bother with powder coating, there are too many variables for nothing to go wrong. (Porosity, temperature, and powder type are three that I know of that could cause problems)
Best,
B.
Do not powder coat them, as the will not make it through the baking process. Glass bead blast them and re-fit.
thegamekeeper said:
Anodising is a generic term for a process properly called Electrolytic Passivation, called anodising because the material being plated is used as the anode for the electrical circuit.
I,m not sure where Bernard thinks its a process for aluminium, it is a process used for many metals but differs in its method and chemicals used.
When I strip a car for restoration, I have 2 buckets, one for all the bolts, springs, washers etc which saves a LOT of money I get replated or anodised. The other bucket gets all the nylocs so I know how many of each I need when reassembling. The bolts all go off to be replated but part of the process is "pickliking them in acid to remove all the rust, old plating etc. If you include in this bucket any non ferrous metals they get dissolved in the process. Nitric acid is used in the plating process.
Steve, I,m not sure where Bernard thinks its a process for aluminium, it is a process used for many metals but differs in its method and chemicals used.
When I strip a car for restoration, I have 2 buckets, one for all the bolts, springs, washers etc which saves a LOT of money I get replated or anodised. The other bucket gets all the nylocs so I know how many of each I need when reassembling. The bolts all go off to be replated but part of the process is "pickliking them in acid to remove all the rust, old plating etc. If you include in this bucket any non ferrous metals they get dissolved in the process. Nitric acid is used in the plating process.
Edited by thegamekeeper on Thursday 24th January 19:22
The point of my post was to add to the word of caution given by DZ, and offer a basic (bad pun) answer to Astacus, it was not to be graded on a metalurgy paper.
I've been told that my responses are too long (Neil).
Best,
B.
Edited down from five lengthy paragraphs.
Astacus said:
Right, I see, thanks for the warning.
It looks like the locking mechanism had some sort of zinc coating originally, but I can't tell what the catch had. I had assumed some sort of cad.-type plating. Is it this that you think will damage the alloy?
If the part is "pot metal," AKA white metal, AKA dye cast "metal" (a sort of junk metal amalgam based heavily on zinc) then I don't know of any electrolytically applied finish used by OEMs. It would probably have been used in the as cast condition, or painted black. My thoughts on black epoxy primer, were that it would hide some of the pitting you're sure to find after bead blasting, and provide a durable coating. I would steer clear of powder coating for porosity reasons, as well as not trusting powder coaters to respect temperature control. It looks like the locking mechanism had some sort of zinc coating originally, but I can't tell what the catch had. I had assumed some sort of cad.-type plating. Is it this that you think will damage the alloy?
Best,
B.
Astacus said:
jellison said:
I have found the door and B-post bits - Awesome 
found the originals or found some on E bay?Was looking at how to run TR locks, one less thing to worry about.
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