Radiator cap restoration (AC)

[SuperNovaSS]

Sam,


Its been awhile since I have messed with a mechanical resto on one of these caps. I don't remember how I went about it but I think it involved a stant cap. There was a thread on this a year or two ago. I think it may have been Budnate who was talking about scavenging the yards for these caps and fixing them. I'm glad the windex and steel wool worked out well. I use windex for almost everything, sometimes even glass


Sorry I could not be more helpful,

Jason

[budnate]

not me on this one.....I think Drifter is the cat your after...I am sure he will chime in after work,

[juliosz]

Here's a before and after pic of the cap off of my 65 vette. The plating was done with a do-it yourself kit (Caswell).

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[P.J.]

what kind of plating is it??? Nice Job.
If you need to change the seal and remove the rivet
will you use the same rivet or get a new one some where???
PJ

[juliosz]

P.J., it's cadmium plated and the aluminum rivet is the original. A member of our local NCRS chapter did it and he's able to mask pieces of the assembly you don't want plated like the rivet. I didn't need to replace any seals on it yet but I plan to use what I can off of a new aftermarket cap.