Sandblasting

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

This is a two-part question, the first bit applies to people in the greater Melbourne area.

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Source of supply
The second relates to the availability of 3/16" captive nuts. As in any restoration there are some bolts which you either can't coax out of the cab or which shear off so the captive nuts need to be replaced. There are of course many areas where you can get behind with an ordinary nut but some definitely have to be replaced. The 3/16" are the ones used in the cab floor, around the grille, driver's toeplate and dash on a Ford cab. The nuts are square.

Thanks

Hi Keith

The captive nuts are available check the recent thread for sources and whats reasonable http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...ht=captive+nut

If you can not find them in Australia I think some of the sources listed will ship them.

Cheers Phil

[jim sewell]

Kieth
I recently bought some from Scotts old auto rubber in Melbourne , he also has the rubber for the Blitz windscreen .
Regards
Jim S.

[sth65pac]

Keth
SPECTRUM Rubber Company in Dunheved, NSW has the nuts. 02 96235333 PM me if you want the part number.... about ??? cents each I think. They do mail order.

If you drill out the offending bolt with a slightly undersized drill and use a diamond point cold chisel to cut the remains of the bolt out then you will have a clean enough thread to use over. Easier than changing a captive nut.

Hows the FGT going???

Ian

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by sth65pac

Keth
SPECTRUM Rubber Company in Dunheved, NSW has the nuts. 02 96235333 PM me if you want the part number.... about ??? cents each I think. They do mail order.

If you drill out the offending bolt with a slightly undersized drill and use a diamond point cold chisel to cut the remains of the bolt out then you will have a clean enough thread to use over. Easier than changing a captive nut.

Hows the FGT going???

Ian

Thanks Ian

I'll try that although a lot of the caged nuts are fairly fragile and tend to punch the cage through.

I've been concentrating on the F15 so no progress on the GT yet. At least it runs and has great brakes.

[Jeff Gordon]

In desperation I bought myself a large petrol powered high pressure washer with sand injection at 1300 PSI. Works a treat and no dust. If you do it in an area where the sand can dry its even recyclable.
Don't forget you need to treat the resultant bare metal straight away with phosphoric acid or similar.
Graeme

Graeme what sand do you use? I have been using medium river sand after I have sieved it, however I am still concerned about the silica dust after the water has evaporated. Apart from that it is so fast and does not heat the metal.
Jeff