What is the gold looking coating on the injector lines, throttle linkage, power steering pump cover, ect? How could i re- coat that stuff? Thanks

Do a search on this site, someone posed the same questionin the past year or so.

Caswell and Eastwood supposedly make coating kits. The gold comes from two sources, gold cadimum plating ( that is no longer used ) or gold tinted clear coat ( not sure if your car would have this. )

on younger cars, the "gold" is a coating put on to prevent rust and keep the motor clean. it's called cosmoline, and it's a wax like product applied at the factory.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

They are cadmium plated.

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'70 F100 shortbed
'82 Diesel Westy
'83 Euro 300TD
Curtlo Viper
Yeti ARC
Surly long haul trucker

im sure some of you will get a laugh at this... i used sand paper on some of the coated metals Yes, i know that was sooo stupid. I would like to re- coat or plate these parts and the others that are wearing off or looking dull. I hope it will not cost too much to do this. Is there any thing i can get at the hardware store that will give me similar results? thank you for the helpful replies

you could get them chromed or something, but i would probably just try to do a good job painting them with a paint resistant to high temperatures. worst case, get another set of hard lines from the junkyard.

I also go with they are Cadmium plated. Do an internetimage search for Cadmium plated Bolts, Nuts and washers.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

I get my local electroplaters to yellow zinc most things. Do an image search on 'yellow zinc plating'.

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1995 E300 Diesel

+1

I believe cadmium plating has not been used for quite some time for environmental reasons.

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 161K now
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked

wax like product? What temperature is this wax good for?

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 161K now
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked

Sirnik84 had his fuel lines zinc plated, sure are purdy.

Installing a new engine and manual transmission in my SD

I posted this in the same thread. this is cermakrome

Installing a new engine and manual transmission in my SD

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Yellow zinc Chromate your own parts.
Replicating Gold Cad Plating at Home | Hemmings Motor News

http://www.caswellplating.com/

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

In Trade School We were told that Diesel Fuel will eat up the Zinc plating that used to be used inside of Gasser Fuel Tanks. And, We were cautioned about using Gasser Fuel Tanks as replacements or if converting a Gasser to Diesel.

Does anyone know if the same thing happen with parts plated withe Zinc Chromate?

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

The next to the real deal (not Cadmium) is trivalent yellow- EPI's E-Brite Ultra Chlor AP and E-PASSivate Yellow Red processes (the E-PASSivate Yellow Red is a 2 component process). Yellow Zinc is just zinc with yellow dye.

Charlie beat me to it

I'll try to remember to grab a pic of my engine tonight and y'all can see how they've aged. They still look good to me.

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