Topic: Help with correct finish on automatic shifter linkage rods.

[Mad4wd]

70 Mach 1 428 C6  Dearborn Early Car

Looking for what the shifter rod and the lockout rod finish should be.  The MCA guidelines if I am reading them correctly state "Cadmium finish, including 70 lockout rod"
So would that be Silver or Gold Cad or something else? I assume that is for both rods. I looked in all the unrestored pics but I can't seem to find a good underneath photo showing linkage clearly.  The ones I do see seem to be more of a P&O or dark phosphate finish
I know the kickdown rod is yellow cad.

Thanks 

[ExportMach]

On pg 55 of the Osborne Chassis assembly manual there is a small table thats gives the rod colors (silver, red & yellow) for the three different automatics. The C6 is shown to have a red shift rod (D0ZA-7340-B) & lock rod (D0ZE-7E330-N)  I assume they are all Cad plated. If you dont have a chassis manual I will post a pic.

Also, I looked at the Ford Listing of Numerical Finishes to see if I could determine what type of finish Cadmium is and I think youre looking at S39, Cadmium plate 0.0005" (electrolytic or mechanical).

[J_Speegle]

All I can offer. At least on the lock out it may have been zinc dichromate and over years lost the gold dye or just cad.  from two different unrestored cars