Nic Barnes
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can you get a kit for example that would allow me to polish some alloy, without removing it from the engine? as in dremel type attachments for the fiddly bits?
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Seany
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Yeah I'm sure you get a kit on eBay, they fit a dremel and you get different grades of abrasive.
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alan-g-w
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Aye Nic, can buy kits with the tool included for about 50quid, I use them for the nuclear impellers at work. Search google/ ebay for '240v 3mm die grinder' and see if that sort of thing looks the part
[Edited on 14-04-2012 by alan-g-w]
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Nic Barnes
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i need basically a dremel sized thing with small wheels on. its to do the inlet manifold on my corsa as its annoying me that the pipes are polished, and its not.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Has your matey not got some bits? Jimbo? He polished bits for my old XE.
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Jimbothebarbarian
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quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
Has your matey not got some bits? Jimbo? He polished bits for my old XE.
I sometimes wonder at you Barnes...
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Nic Barnes
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Yeah but you'd need it removed jim wouldn't you?
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Jimbothebarbarian
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Yeah but you'd need it removed jim wouldn't you?
Depends if you want it done right or you want to fuck about. The amount of swarf and metal powder then various grades of abrasive dust that'll be kicking about your slightly expensive engine bay if you did it in situ.
Or.
Take it off and I can bling it.
You could try and clean the casting marks off with summat like this.....clickage .....or sand it all down by hand but it has to be smooth before you start the buffing.
Then give it some with summat like....click me cunt .... you'd have to mask off your engine bay and especially your windscreen as all this shizzle is abrasive innit..
If you do sand it down by hand to about 400grit I'm sure I've got a couple of tapered mandrels you can borrow and maybe a polishing mop and compound.
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corsa-torque
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jimbo... fancy polishing up my x16xe top part of the inlet?
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Nic Barnes
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It's just a shitter to remove jim then re fit or I'd pass it your way. Might head round one night see what you can do with it.
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Jimbothebarbarian
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa-torque
jimbo... fancy polishing up my x16xe top part of the inlet?
If you want. You taking it off and cleaning it up and posting it?
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
It's just a shitter to remove jim then re fit or I'd pass it your way. Might head round one night see what you can do with it.
How shit is it to take off like? Just a space issue?
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Nic Barnes
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Nah it's alright space wise it's just getting it all sealed back up again properly really
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