steering pump

[alan230752]

quite pleased with my self

my steering pump is on the blink
so i brought one from e bay for £3.49 plus post
spent Sunday stripping down and re-plating the bracket and painting case
also overhauled pump with all new seals


alan

[alan230752]

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alan230752 wrote:

quite pleased with my self

my steering pump is on the blink
so i brought one from e bay for £3.49 plus post
spent Sunday stripping down and re-plating the bracket and painting case
also overhauled pump with all new seals


alan

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[jleyton]

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That looks brilliant Alan.

Mine looks tatty and I've got another which I'm meaning to tidy up when I can. What did you do yours with? I'd be very pleased if I could make mine look as good as yours

Cheers

Julian

[NickA]

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Very nice; looks like new.

When are you going to finish the job and paint that bracket black?

I'll get my coat

[alan230752]

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Julian

all stripped to bare metal and de rusted in acid dip

black etch primer , then two coats of satin black(rattle cans)

brackets zinc plated


nick


p**s off:P


alan

[martin]

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Looks the biz Alan, very nice indeed, any probs with the pulley ? Martin.

[alan230752]

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Apart from holding it steady with chain wrench , so I could undo nut
then came off easy with three legged puller

alan

[stagmuffin]

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looks nice al do you do your own plating? ive looked at those frost kits and wondered.

steve...............

[alan230752]

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yes I do

But I have a small industrial plant that i set up myself
cant vouch for kits sold by frosts
As I use it to replate the gauge cases

Alan

[jleyton]

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stagmuffin wrote:

looks nice al do you do your own plating? ive looked at those frost kits and wondered.

steve...............

Me too - anyone with any experience of them?

Cheers

Julian

[alan230752]

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main problem with these i think are
1
the price

2 no rectifier supplied
and difficult to plate on battery voltage unless you put some resitance in using light bulbs

chemicals are easily obtained

boric acid,zinc chloride,potassium chloride,zinc carrier and brightener and
zinc anodes
gateros plating is cheaper than frosts

http://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/

maplins for rectifier

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=219129

hope that helps



alan

[StagnJag]

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cool, that looks like an interesting bit of kit to have in the tool box! How good is the 'Replica' Chrome? is is robust enough to withstand the elements?

Dave