[DeTomaso] ZF polishing
Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.
byrdjf at embarqmail.com
Tue Dec 22 13:30:42 EST 2015
Polishing your ZF is like buying your Wife Sexy under ware. It makes you feel better just knowing it's there!
(even if you THINK no one else sees it)
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of marshall smith
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:41 PM
To: Charles McCall; 'Cullen McCann'; 'Michael Shortt'; LS
Cc: 'Mike Drew'; 'DeTomaso Forum'; ace595 at hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF polishing
That's funny....that's how mine looks too!
--------------------------------------------
On Tue, 12/22/15, LS via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF polishing
To: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>, "'Cullen McCann'" <cmccann1972 at gmail.com>, "'Michael Shortt'" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
Cc: "'Mike Drew'" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>, "'DeTomaso Forum'" <detomaso at poca.com>, "ace595 at hotmail.com" <ace595 at hotmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 8:50 AM
How are you guys
even noticing what your ZF looks like?
All, I can see is trunk carpeting...
LSJ
central
wines-spirits est 1934
625 e street nw
washington, dc 20004
[1]centralwines.com
[2]facebook.com/CentralLiquors
202-737-2800
__________________________________________________________________
From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: 'Cullen McCann' <cmccann1972 at gmail.com>; 'Michael Shortt'
<michaelsavga at gmail.com>
Cc: 'Mike Drew' <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; 'DeTomaso Forum'
<detomaso at poca.com>;
ace595 at hotmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF polishing
As a poor man's solution, there exists a tube of silver-colored paste
that was recommended on the Forum a few years ago. I bought a tube at
the time and it cleaned up the ZF quite a bit. I can see what the tube
looks like but don't remember what the name was.
It doesn't look like a professionally polished ZF case, but it looks a
lot better than stock. And if you drive your Pantera any distance, or
in the rain, it's probably more practical
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:[3]detomaso-bounces at poca.com]
On Behalf Of
Cullen McCann
Sent: martes, 22 de diciembre de 2015
16:45
To: Michael Shortt
Cc: Mike Drew; DeTomaso Forum; [4]ace595 at hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF polishing
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
<[5]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][6]detomaso at poca.com>
wrote:
>
> A A In a
message dated 12/21/15 11:44:19 AM,
[2][7]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
>
_______________________________________________
> Detomaso Forum
Managed by POCA
> Posted emails
must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes
> DeTomaso mailing
list
> [3][8]DeTomaso at poca.com
> [4][9]http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
> To manage your
subscription (change email address, unsubscribe,
> etc.) use the
links above.
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:[10]detomaso at poca.com
> 2. mailto:[11]ace595 at hotmail.com
> 3. mailto:[12]DeTomaso at poca.com
> 4. [13]http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
>
>
_______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> Posted emails must not exceed 1.5
Megabytes
> DeTomaso mailing list
> [14]DeTomaso at poca.com
> [15]http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
>
> To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.)
use
> the links above.
>
>
_______________________________________________
Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
Posted emails must not exceed 1.5
Megabytes
DeTomaso mailing list
[16]DeTomaso at poca.com
[17]http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.)
use the links above.
References
1. http://centralwines.com/
2. http://facebook.com/CentralLiquors
3. mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
4. mailto:ace595 at hotmail.com
5. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
6. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
7. mailto:ace595 at hotmail.com
8. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
9. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
10. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
11. mailto:ace595 at hotmail.com
12. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
13. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
14. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
15. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
16. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
17. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
-----Inline Attachment Follows-----
_______________________________________________
Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso at poca.com http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above.
_______________________________________________
Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso at poca.com http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above.
More information about the DeTomaso
mailing list