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mike schotte

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dctom

11-02-2003 16:19:25




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now i have a question, was all starter button's(switches) on all case tractors anidized or painted i dont realy know my self dctom




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Ted

11-03-2003 00:10:13




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 Re: mike schotte in reply to dctom, 11-02-2003 16:19:25  
Guys! For once I can help. DC Tom it's only fair you get a little back for all the help you've been to all of us DC lovers!I was 6 years old when dad bough a bright new 1951 DC-4. I waxed that thing and crawled all over it. It was the first tractor I ever drove, and I can state with the razor sharp memory of a six year old that the switch was painted. I'm not saying they all were, but in 51 they painted them, because my uncle bought the exact same machine and it was painted too.

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Mike Schotte

11-02-2003 16:38:12




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 Re: mike schotte in reply to dctom, 11-02-2003 16:19:25  
Hey Tom,

It's weird you should ask- I've been de-rusting an SC starter switch this week.

All the old ones I have are painted Flambeau. The new ones they sell in the tractor stores have that funny gold colored finish. (Is that really anodizing?)

I don't have enough experience to tell you what the original ones were like when they were new. John??

-Schotte



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Glen in TX

11-02-2003 22:52:05




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 Re: Re: mike schotte in reply to Mike Schotte, 11-02-2003 16:38:12  
Don't know for sure on the Case but have had NOS switches in the box like those and they had the silver finish. I am guessing they had zinc finish and were painted over. Could be cadium plating also as I think it can be silver or gold colored? Last switches I got in Cole Hersee brand were silver. But now they are made south of the border so who knows what color a new one could be.



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Steve-IA

11-02-2003 20:11:19




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 Re: Re: mike schotte in reply to Mike Schotte, 11-02-2003 16:38:12  
Mike,
Both Anodizing & Zinc plating produce that funky gold finish. I would guess that a starter switch is Zinc plated cause it's a high wear item & kinda hard to paint properly. Zinc is cool cause even if it's scratched it 'heals' itself so it doesn't rust. It doesn't flake off like paint cause it's impregnated into the base metal. I'm guessing that the originals were painted cause I don't think any of these coatings were around back then except Chrome.
My 2c's worth.
Steve

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John Saeli

11-02-2003 19:08:22




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 Re: Re: mike schotte in reply to Mike Schotte, 11-02-2003 16:38:12  
Hey Mike; I have no idea.



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dctom

11-02-2003 17:01:50




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 Re: Re: mike schotte in reply to Mike Schotte, 11-02-2003 16:38:12  
thanks mike, i never boutht a "NEW" tractor either but i do think they were that funny kind of gold color but dont know for sure tom



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