Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: My New Billit Dash & Steering Column Knobs

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxx>]

Doc,

 Thanks for the info. The rims are in good shape. One has slight curb rash but they are just dirty and dull for the most part. I would have pics but my digital cam stopped working and I had to send it to Minolta in Jersey for warrenty repair.

 Davis

amc74hornet <AMC74HORNET@xxxx> wrote:

> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxx> wrote:
> > Doc,
> >  I just picked up a set of aluminum rims from the scrap metal yard. What is the best way for me to go about renewing them? Keep in mind I am suffering from an Italian dissease Fundsarelow. LOL 
> >  Thanks, 
> >  Davis 
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> > amc74hornet <AMC74HORNET@xxxx> wrote:
> > After opening the package from Ron Francis and checking the billit knobs I find them to be nicely made but there is light scratches and machine marks on all of them. I probably could return them but who's to say I wouldn't get new ones with the same problem. Time to get out the crocus cloth and the can of Mothers aluminum polish and do it the right way myself.   
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> Depending how bad they are you have several choices. If they are just oxidized I would use Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish. I have used this stuff for years on all sorts of metal. If they are pitted I would sand them by hand with 400# sandpaper or 600# to start then go to 1000# sandpaper and finish them off with crocus cloth. Then polish them with the Mothers. If you have a buffer it would be easier but you would use a lot more polish. That's what I did on the knobs yesterday. I also had to modify the gear shift
> knob as the taper of it did not quite match the taper on the gear shift lever. I put the knob on a drill bit and put them in my drill and with a file and the drill running I used a flat file to get the proper taper on the knob to mach the shaft. Then with it still in the dril I used the above mentioned sandpaper to polish out the marks from the file and it looks great now. I am a real pain when it comes to these small details.
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