Hey Moonshadow, can you dig this? Your advice saved a boat load of potential grief. No tools were used to disassemble the parts. A good reason not to powder coat a damper.

Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia

Not a big fan of Powder Coating anything, but that really sux...

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

I find it difficult to understand how someone could think they could heat an item that is bonded by rubber to over 400 degrees and not risk catastrophic failure. These old dampers are bad enough just by being old and oil soaked. In fact I had a "good" so called NOS damper come apart when Ted had my engine on the dyno. And that was only spray painted. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Well after the first one pulled apart by hand I am really leery about the other 57 year old one I have. I think one will be going to the re-builder.

Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia

I had one seperate during a dyno pull. Sent in down to the Damper Doctor and they fixed it up and got it back to the shop in about 2 days! GREAT service. I think the shop told them the engine was on the dyno and that they needed it ASAP.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Thanks Rono. There is a fellow in Salem Oregon (I think) that rebuilds dampers as well.

Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia

Just wanted to mention again that the Damper Doctor will powder coat the damper if you want. He does it prior to final assemble. I found him to be really good to deal with. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire