How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Jordan Baker]

Hi John.

The engine I got for my truck was a late model 216. It came with a Rochester carb on it. However I added all the wartime parts from my wartime 216 and then found a Carter carb for it via eBay.

[cordenj]

Thanks Jordan,

Which Carter was it? Looks similar to one on my MB.

I currently have an old YF on the HUP but we were looking at whether there is a more modern Carburettor option that anyone has fitted to the 216.

[Jordan Baker]

John I used a Carter W1. I’m not sure what specific model within the W1 family though. However it seems to be working just fine.

Today I refinished the oil bath air filter. I ended up stripping all the paint off due to the the number of scratches in it. Once repainted I gave it a decal. The decals I had were peel and stick so I masked it off and sprayed some clear coat over it to replicate the original water slide decal.

I also added a decal to the smaller engine air filter as well.

[Bob Carriere]

....how long will it last?????

Driving mine over very rough bumps...... maybe got daylight under the front tires..... the oil in the "normally" filled air cleaner spills out over the manifold ...on the inside engine cover.....and every staple hole in the engine cover now has a oil stain visible on the passenger side foot well.

Therefore....... after consulting on the Stovebolt forum.... I plan on using and older complete period 216 air filter and replacing the inside with a suitable corrugated paper filter...... it will be a Winter project with many trial and error to find the proper off the shelf paper element. Once completed I can sandblast the housing, repaint and install new decal stickers...... should have NO external difference visible but still filter adequately.

nice and beautiful has its price.

Cheers

[Harry Moon]

after a couple of tries I found the CA146 to be thne best fit and doesn't need any modifications.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

. should have NO external difference visible but still filter adequately.

I would suggest it would filter better, not adequately. The grooves/scoring that I have seen on the bores of motors using oil bath filters is often incredible. I have never seen such damage on a paper filtered engine.

[James P]

While there are those who are slaves to original (and I was also at one time) dry paper air filters are the way to go, all my vehicles are dry and never going back to oil bath filters.

[Jordan Baker]

Yesterday’s work. Started in on the nose of the truck. The nose is actually in quite nice shape. Years ago when I first got the truck Barry Churcher offered to fix the one headlight bucket for me. His guy did a fantastic job. I’m very much appreciative of that work. Now it’s finally time to finish off some minor metal work then a sandblast, prime and paint. The main fix is to remake the inner shroud and fix a previous poorly done repair by a previous owner. Sadly at some point in its life the shroud was torch cut down making it now unusable. I also need to replace a few of the captive nuts as they were too far rusted. New ones are already on order.