[DeTomaso] polish ZF cost estimate

[Mike Drew]

Another thought--polishing requires a lot of manipulation and it would be easy to drop the gearbox and damage it. 

Dumb idea in other words. :)

Masochists have don't it in the car but they are relying on rags, metal polish and elbow grease....

Mike

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On Sep 14, 2014, at 10:38, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

> Dear Guys,
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>             One other consideration of the polisher working on a fully assembled and presumably, fully functional, *expensive* ZF: if after a careful and proper polish job *any* malfunction or problem occurs with the pretty polished ZF, then all eyes and finger would point to the polisher.  He probably wouldn't want that grief and headache.
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>                        Worst case scenario,  Chuck Engles
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> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of michael at michaelshortt.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 9:34 AM
> To: boyd casey
> Cc: Mike Drew; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] polish ZF cost estimate
> 
> IMHO...I think it would just be a big PIA, so heavy and hard to move around in the multistep process.
> 
> Michael
> On Sep 14, 2014 9:56 AM, "Boyd Casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>   Mike,
>>   Do you think that polishing a fully assembled ZF presents A a risk to
>>   damaging the transaxle? You mentioned people polishing a Trans axle
>>   while it was still installed. I have posted warnings against sand
>>   blasting and even wet bead blasting while one has an engine or
>>   transaxle installed. I know from A information passed on to me by my
>>   friend who owns a new water based glass bead blasting business that
>>   even with substantial efforts made to protect the engine or tranny it
>>   is very easy to have a A nominal amount of glass beading find it's way
>>   into the engine or transmission and that's A the death knoll for
>>   either. A I wasn't aware of similar risks to the ZF A due to polishing.
>>   Thanks,
>>   Boyd
>> 
>>   On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Mike Drew <[1]MikeLDrew at aol.com>
>>   wrote:
>> 
>>     I think Lloyd Butfoy charges $1200 for polishing. Of course he would
>>     never do it with the gearbox assembled.
>>     I double any professional polisher will either.
>>     Mike
>>     Sent from my iPhone
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>>   On Sep 13, 2014, at 21:55, Boyd Casey <[2]boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A  A Just out of curiosity, I know there will be a wide variance but
>>   what do
>>> A  A you think we be a reasonable price to polish a fully assembled zf
>>   dash
>>> A  A -2 with bell housing outside the car. Detached from the motor and
>>> A  A delivered to a polishing shop. Do you think it would be necessary
>>   to
>>> A  A take any steps to protect the ZF from intrusion of polish or any
>>   other
>>> A  A potential problems?
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