Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
Niblet,
Thanks for the info. What are you using for your power source, also what type metal strips are you using in your bucket setup?
Thanks,
Tom
Thanks for the info. What are you using for your power source, also what type metal strips are you using in your bucket setup?
Thanks,
Tom
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
I'm just using an old battery charger with a 2 and a 6 Amp selector switch,,,I keep it on 6 Amp,,I figure more is better right?
I just bought some flat steel stock at home depot and cut it up into lengths that fight the bucket,,
However rebar will work fine and is cheaper,,I was at Home Depot last night and I see they have it cut into different size lengths already
I just bought some flat steel stock at home depot and cut it up into lengths that fight the bucket,,
However rebar will work fine and is cheaper,,I was at Home Depot last night and I see they have it cut into different size lengths already
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
Finished up my 100% original fire extinguisher today:
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
So tonight I pulled my MB seat out of the tank,,,,,,here it is after 48 hrs:
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
as you can see the paint is bubbling,,,I washed away the paint and crud with my garden hose and got these amazing results,,,,:
its going back in the tank for 2 more days,,I threw in some more sodium carbonate and some sodium bi-carbonate and the mixture
is going like crazy,,bubbling like a witches brew!
The yellow paint is a little stubborn it seems but I have clean unmolested metal on the pan,,its going back in the tank for 2 more days,,I threw in some more sodium carbonate and some sodium bi-carbonate and the mixture
is going like crazy,,bubbling like a witches brew!
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
_________________________________________________________________Fabrizio wrote:Great work and very nice looking frame!
I too wish mine looked like that!
You wanted to see some of Niblets work.
Enjoy.
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
Thanks, I'll read that
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
Thanks Joel,,,guys still seem to want to 'blast the heck out of all their pieces despite my posts on
electrolysis,,,
electrolysis,,,
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
You have raised the bar on Army Jeep restoration technique.
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
Nice but I am firmly ensconced in the Blast the Crap Out of It philosophy.
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
Tim, you seem to have pretty nice parts to start with.
Whit heavily corroded parts, electro-derusting can tage ages (I do it on ground dug artifacts, sometimes a full week @3 amps is not enough!), but it's as OK as blasting of course!
Don't forget to avoid doing it on springs, as they will be affected and could become brittle, or will need baking afterwards).
Whit heavily corroded parts, electro-derusting can tage ages (I do it on ground dug artifacts, sometimes a full week @3 amps is not enough!), but it's as OK as blasting of course!
Don't forget to avoid doing it on springs, as they will be affected and could become brittle, or will need baking afterwards).
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
Is this where I come to not learn how to restore a jeep? Because nothing is more impressive to me than a senior member Crimp One Off on a new member doing his first car.
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Re: Niblets 1943 MB Motor Pool Restoration
Thick skin comes in handy and one has to realize that many of the critics have yet to create their own restoration or have tried their hand at mechanical repairs. Nibs leads by example.
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