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#13126 01/13/2004 11:58 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 200 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 200 | A good friend and I are cleaning parts for his 261 that came from a '62 Fleetside. When we cleaned up the road draft tube, it seemed to have some kind of plating on it. Can anyone tell me if these tubes were plated or just painted? If they were plated, what was used? Was there material inside the "can" part? This one is empty. Our best guess is something along the lines of steel wool. Any help would be much apprieciated.
Mark
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#13127 01/14/2004 12:46 AM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Mine is painted and empty.
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#13128 01/14/2004 1:03 AM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | They all seem to have a slag buildup on them, maybe from hot forming. They are empty except for the baffle.
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#13129 01/14/2004 1:40 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 200 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 200 | Thanks for the replies. I guess we will clean it up and paint it. The bottom (exhaust end) inch or two seemed to have traces of red paint on it. Were they painted red at the end?
This tube has no baffle, it's just empty. Should we try to use steel wool as a baffle, with some wire cloth so the steel wool stays in the "can"? I know that we don't want to restrict the flow too much, but wouldn't it help (using steel wool) in keeping the oil misting down?
Mark
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#13130 01/14/2004 3:51 PM | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | Mark - my observation is they were painted engine color - certainly not different just at end - I had a 50,000 mi original that had a very coarse "steel wool" sorta stuff in it and it was plugged to the point of being problematic - old mech round here said "burn it!" - I did - steel wool stuff pretty much gone - seems like the old days the burning was standard cleaning procedure, partly to rid it of the steel wool - keep "misting" down? more like change it to "drip"  mine works fine empty Bill | | |
#13131 01/14/2004 11:35 PM | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 113 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 113 | My pop (83) helped me puzzle this one out. The stuff inside the tube is actually horse hair - so it won't rust and fall out. Burn it to clean it and you burn up the hair, but not a big deal. Painted mine the color of the engine. Popped it back in with some gentle raps with a ballpine...
Bruce (I love My Truck) Miller
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1929 **** Model A Pickup - Restoration
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#13132 01/15/2004 12:51 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 200 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 200 | Thanks to you all for the replies.
Ralphy-I never thought about the skunk or armadillo part of the equation, especially the armadillos. They jump staight up when they get spooked. Owww is right. Too bad I cleaned it off-could have checked it for DNA.
And Bruce, thank your dad for me. Man that horse hair must have really smelled bad when they burned it out.
Mark
1951 Chevy 3100
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