<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I've got a spare ignition cylinder with Huf key ... "K" grooves. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
The chrome on the cylinder is in good condition but the chrome on the key is quite worn.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
Questions:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">1) Has anybody stripped the chrome from a small part ... like a key?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
2) What solution is safe to use?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">3) Does the solution removes the chrome but leaves the base metal of the key in good condition?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">4) Can quality re-chroming be done at home? Level of difficulty?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Regarding the cylinder ...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
1) Should there be 4 positions?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> A) Off .... in a steering wheel locked position?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
B) Off .... in a steering wheel UN-locked position?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> C) On .... in the RUN position?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
D) On/Start ... spring-loaded to return to "C"?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Is there an internal spring (START) when turned clockwise and then returns to the RUN position?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">If the spring is broken (or detached), can the cylinder be disassembled? Fixed? Reassembled?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">If I can't repair the cylinder, I want to </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
1) strip the chrome</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">2) weld/fill the notches back to a blank</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
3) machine the grooves into a "K" configuration</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">4) have the key re-cut to fit my "K" ignition/door/rear hatch locks.</div>
<div><br></div>Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT<div>Rockport, TX (winter)</div><div>Lake Geneva, WI (summer)</div>
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