How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Jordan Baker]

Thanks Phil

There was some very minor rusting on two of the gear right at the bottom of their rotation. When I drained the oil about two teaspoons of water came out first. I’ve ordered new bearings via eBay yesterday. Will hopefully have them next week. The bushings in the reverse gear are still in great shape with no side to side play on the shaft. I’ve cleaned up the gears using a brass wire wheel on an electric motor. That removed all of the rust scale. There is no pitting and very minimal wear on the gears. The cast bearing retainer housings were also polished up on the brass wire wheel. I’ve got all of the bolts and washers being cleaned up in my media tumbler. All in all this has gone smoothly.

For my colour I decided on using Ford Grey. I know I know but the online Chevy folks say it’s a good representation of the Chevy grey. I also figured the lighter colour would be easier to spot any leaking.