SCOBRAC,
Your question is valid...how do I save $30 by de-chroming my manifold at home.
Here's how I did mine:
After the wife leaves for her yoga class...Fill your fiberglass bathtub with a mixture of 30% acetone...45% methelyene cholride and 25% vinegar.
Use your left foot to stir the mixture...taking care not to slip (I kept my tennis shoe on the foot outside of the tub).
Keeping your left foot in the solution...have your neighbor start the battery charger...
When you feel a tingle...shout out "GO MOMMA" and thrust the battery charger leads into the tub...taking care to put the positive (+) on the left side of the manifold, the neg (-) on the right side.
NOTE: the left side of the manifold usually melts thru the fiberglass tub first.
Do not confuse the left and right, and do not forget to shout "GO MOMMA"
Also, it helps to have the following items nearby;
Dry towel (not your wife's good one)
Cell phone (on),
...and small room fan (on)
After the chrome comes off the manifold (you might smell it first)...quickly throw the unit onto the towel and turn on the fan before the wifey returns.
Use the cell phone to call me with how it worked.
I still ended up taking mine to a chrome shop for $30.
Regards,
scratch
