[DeTomaso] ZF polishing

Cullen McCann cmccann1972 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 22 10:45:28 EST 2015


Michael, you mentioned the aluminum jelly through amazon... my ZF is in
good working order, but the PO painted it black and now the paint is
flaking off. Id like the case to be natural aluminum, not polished or
painted. I also don't want to disassemble the ZF, but it is out of the car
right now. I've heard that 3M makes some stripping products that are gentle
enough that the ZF rebuilders use them with good results, that are safe for
the ZF case.

I can of course test it on an inconspicuous area but would this aluminum
jelly be the right product for my application?

Cullen
Yukon, OK

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
wrote:

>    Cleaning the case is best done with a degreaser first, then either
>    Aluminum Jelly ( amazon sells it ) be careful getting it on any
>    anodized parts, it will discolor them. I fonishing touch is a
>    specialized acidic Wheel cleaner.
>    I have had great success with Eagle One for Mag Wheels that are porous
>    and unpolished.
>    After this three step treatment and a little brush action, your ZF will
>    look almost white.
>    Then spray it with WD40.
>
>    Michael Shortt
>
>    On Dec 22, 2015 12:20 AM, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
>    <[1]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
>
>      A  A In a message dated 12/21/15 11:44:19 AM, [2]ace595 at hotmail.com
>      writes:
>      A  A  A ?ZF polishing
>      A  A  A Can anyone give me the approx cost of having my ZF polished?
>      A  A  A Is there someone in the northeast
>      A  A  A That does this
>      A  A  A Thanks
>      A  A Tom,
>      A  A It's horrendously expensive, because it's normally only done at
>      the
>      A  A same time that the gearbox is being rebuilt.A  As far as I
>      know, those
>      A  A who specialize in such things will not consider polishing a
>      complete
>      A  A gearbox, although I don't know the specific reason for this.
>      A  A Instead, while you're getting your $5000 gearbox overhaul, if
>      you want
>      A  A to spend an extra $1500 or so, they will arrange to have the
>      bare cases
>      A  A polished.A  It's something that is normally subcontracted out;
>      the
>      A  A pieces are either given to a polishing company, or the shop
>      hires a
>      A  A temporary worker who does it on-site.A  It's a very
>      time-consuming
>      A  A thing, taking many, many hours to do properly.
>      A  A I don't know of anybody doing ZF work in the northeast; Guy
>      Trigaux in
>      A  A Simpsonville, SC is the nearest ZF expert to you, I think.A
>      He's not
>      A  A much for unnecessary bling, and he may not offer polishing
>      service.
>      A  A In short, if your gearbox was falling apart and needed to be
>      rebuilt,
>      A  A polishing is something you might consider while you're at it,
>      but I
>      A  A would never advocate taking apart a good gearbox just to shine
>      it up.
>      A  A It takes a LOT of maintenance to keep it looking decent; if you
>      are
>      A  A going to drive your car at all (especially in the northeast
>      where the
>      A  A climate is often far from ideal), I'd urge you to just leave it
>      alone.
>      A  A Lloyd Butfoy advocates cleaning the case, then spraying it with
>      WD-40
>      A  A which both makes it look good, and is easy to clean when it
>      gets dirty.
>      A  A Mike
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   Michael, you mentioned the aluminum jelly through amazon... my ZF is in
   good working order, but the PO painted it black and now the paint is
   flaking off. Id like the case to be natural aluminum, not polished or
   painted. I also don't want to disassemble the ZF, but it is out of the
   car right now. I've heard that 3M makes some stripping products that
   are gentle enough that the ZF rebuilders use them with good results,
   that are safe for the ZF case.
   I can of course test it on an inconspicuous area but would this
   aluminum jelly be the right product for my application?
   Cullen
   Yukon, OK

   On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Michael Shortt
   <[1]michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:

     A  A Cleaning the case is best done with a degreaser first, then
     either
     A  A Aluminum Jelly ( amazon sells it ) be careful getting it on any
     A  A anodized parts, it will discolor them. I fonishing touch is a
     A  A specialized acidic Wheel cleaner.
     A  A I have had great success with Eagle One for Mag Wheels that are
     porous
     A  A and unpolished.
     A  A After this three step treatment and a little brush action, your
     ZF will
     A  A look almost white.
     A  A Then spray it with WD40.
     A  A Michael Shortt
     A  A On Dec 22, 2015 12:20 AM, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
     A  A <[1][2]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
     A  A  A AA  A In a message dated 12/21/15 11:44:19 AM,
     [2][3]ace595 at hotmail.com
     A  A  A writes:
     A  A  A AA  AA  A ?ZF polishing
     A  A  A AA  AA  A Can anyone give me the approx cost of having my ZF
     polished?
     A  A  A AA  AA  A Is there someone in the northeast
     A  A  A AA  AA  A That does this
     A  A  A AA  AA  A Thanks
     A  A  A AA  A Tom,
     A  A  A AA  A It's horrendously expensive, because it's normally
     only done at
     A  A  A the
     A  A  A AA  A same time that the gearbox is being rebuilt.AA  As far
     as I
     A  A  A know, those
     A  A  A AA  A who specialize in such things will not consider
     polishing a
     A  A  A complete
     A  A  A AA  A gearbox, although I don't know the specific reason for
     this.
     A  A  A AA  A Instead, while you're getting your $5000 gearbox
     overhaul, if
     A  A  A you want
     A  A  A AA  A to spend an extra $1500 or so, they will arrange to
     have the
     A  A  A bare cases
     A  A  A AA  A polished.AA  It's something that is normally
     subcontracted out;
     A  A  A the
     A  A  A AA  A pieces are either given to a polishing company, or the
     shop
     A  A  A hires a
     A  A  A AA  A temporary worker who does it on-site.AA  It's a very
     A  A  A time-consuming
     A  A  A AA  A thing, taking many, many hours to do properly.
     A  A  A AA  A I don't know of anybody doing ZF work in the
     northeast; Guy
     A  A  A Trigaux in
     A  A  A AA  A Simpsonville, SC is the nearest ZF expert to you, I
     think.A
     A  A  A He's not
     A  A  A AA  A much for unnecessary bling, and he may not offer
     polishing
     A  A  A service.
     A  A  A AA  A In short, if your gearbox was falling apart and needed
     to be
     A  A  A rebuilt,
     A  A  A AA  A polishing is something you might consider while you're
     at it,
     A  A  A but I
     A  A  A AA  A would never advocate taking apart a good gearbox just
     to shine
     A  A  A it up.
     A  A  A AA  A It takes a LOT of maintenance to keep it looking
     decent; if you
     A  A  A are
     A  A  A AA  A going to drive your car at all (especially in the
     northeast
     A  A  A where the
     A  A  A AA  A climate is often far from ideal), I'd urge you to just
     leave it
     A  A  A alone.
     A  A  A AA  A Lloyd Butfoy advocates cleaning the case, then
     spraying it with
     A  A  A WD-40
     A  A  A AA  A which both makes it look good, and is easy to clean
     when it
     A  A  A gets dirty.
     A  A  A AA  A Mike
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