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mmichalik
post Mar 3 2024, 04:19 PM
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Finally was able to polish out the deck lid of the '75 today. The Omni line it was shot it looked wet when it was fresh but after a few months it almost looked like was shot to dry. It wasn't though, just the way the clear coat cured.
Cut it back 2500, the 3000 grit sand paper, used compound and a polish and then a coat of S100 carnauba wax.
I was a bit concerned at first because I had heard that the Omni line clear coat was really hard and didn't cut or polish very well but this went very nice.
Next week, I'll do the front lid, it's suffering from the same thing.


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post Mar 4 2024, 06:02 AM
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Finally was able to polish out the deck lid of the '75 today. The Omni line it was shot it looked wet when it was fresh but after a few months it almost looked like was shot to dry. It wasn't though, just the way the clear coat cured.
Cut it back 2500, the 3000 grit sand paper, used compound and a polish and then a coat of S100 carnauba wax.
I was a bit concerned at first because I had heard that the Omni line clear coat was really hard and didn't cut or polish very well but this went very nice.
Next week, I'll do the front lid, it's suffering from the same thing.


Looks great, sun exposure?
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post Mar 4 2024, 08:18 PM
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One of the things I'm working on is trying to make my car shift better. I was clicking the gears through on this trans and noticed slop in neutral. So I looked through the hole where the console mounts and noticed a fair sized gap on the rods where the fork (?) drops in and moves the rod to shift gears. I had an extra fork so I thought I'd try something.
I welded blobs onto the fork and ground them into a shape. Don't know if it will work, it will bug me all night but I ran out of light.

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post Mar 5 2024, 01:19 PM
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This is how much I am adding. I can barely move my hands so this will go slow.

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post Mar 5 2024, 01:32 PM
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This is how much I am adding. I can barely move my hands so this will go slow.

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@Shivers With all the sanding of the trans case to polish and now this, you must have the
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post Mar 5 2024, 02:49 PM
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This is how much I am adding. I can barely move my hands so this will go slow.

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Arthritis? have you tried Celebrex

Did you arc weld this? what type of rod
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Didn’t fit, had to shave the sides down. With it fitting I got the slop down to less than a 1/16”.

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This is how much I am adding. I can barely move my hands so this will go slow.

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No I’m in the desert so it is warm here. I sat it in the sun for a bit and used a wire feed. Once I’m happy I’ll do my best to harden the piece.
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post Mar 5 2024, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE(burton73 @ Mar 5 2024, 11:32 AM) *

QUOTE(Shivers @ Mar 5 2024, 11:19 AM) *

This is how much I am adding. I can barely move my hands so this will go slow.

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That and a big container of DMSO. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Ok, I’m happy. Now I need to harden this puppy. I will try to just heat the tangs and sacrifice a fresh quart of oil for the quenching. It was fun, can’t use my hands for now.

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post Mar 7 2024, 10:02 AM
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Used the 914 to haul my Bug transmission back to the builder for some "Adjustment":



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post Mar 7 2024, 10:35 AM
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QUOTE(930cabman @ Mar 4 2024, 04:02 AM) *

Looks great, sun exposure?

Thanks! @930cabman - No sun exposure, just hadn't been polished since it was painted and there was a lot of orange peel in it. If I can get to the front lid this weekend, I'll be very happy but, life interrupts a lot of things......
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post Mar 7 2024, 12:46 PM
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QUOTE(930cabman @ Mar 4 2024, 04:02 AM) *

Looks great, sun exposure?

Thanks! @930cabman - No sun exposure, just hadn't been polished since it was painted and there was a lot of orange peel in it. If I can get to the front lid this weekend, I'll be very happy but, life interrupts a lot of things......



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I have found at least 99% to be great

ride looks very cool btw
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post Mar 7 2024, 12:49 PM
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post Mar 8 2024, 03:36 PM
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It's not pretty but it is strong

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post Mar 8 2024, 03:45 PM
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post Mar 8 2024, 03:47 PM
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It's not pretty but it is strong

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Umm as a professional welder/fabricator I will pose the question how do you know that’s strong?
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post Mar 8 2024, 03:58 PM
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Not sure i'm wild about how close that positive post connection is to the wall. That shorts out and it'll get ugly...
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Not sure i'm wild about how close that positive post connection is to the wall. That shorts out and it'll get ugly...

Actually plenty of clearance but would prefer the posts reversed
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