herald948 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Not just a Herald/Vitesse question per se, but I figured someone here would know. Older Girling master cylinders had steel caps rather than the alloy of the later cylinders. Does anyone know how those older steel caps were finished? Natural? Plated with something? Painted?Any help/suggestions appreciated; thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Not sure...but the metal ones are always a bugger to get off.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I believe from memory that they were left natural, I remember seeing rusty ones....M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herald948 Posted October 13, 2012 Author Share Posted October 13, 2012 1218 wrote:I believe from memory that they were left natural, I remember seeing rusty ones....M.I'm beginning to think you're right about that! ??) Over the years, I've seen a lot of the caps that were painted, and I'm tempted to do that with the few steel caps that I might just be able to save. Otherwise, I know the alloy caps are still readily available (since I bought one a couple months ago)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Down Under Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Definitely unpainted. And yes often rusty. Vaguely recall some tended to look like they had been zinc plated/galvanized, I used a resevoir from a Series Snipe once on one of my cars because it had a low fluid level sensor under the cap. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herald948 Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 I wondered about the possibility of zinc plating, which never did seem to hold up all that well. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 You could have them yellow pacified perhaps?M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herald948 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Turns out to be a moot point, as none of the three caps I was trying to clean up survived even the softest wire brushing without greatly enlarging what had once been a very tiny breather hole on top. Oh well.... :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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