How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Jordan Baker]

After soaking the lower body in evaporust over night I’m happy to report that the majority of the rust is gone. This morning I took the parts over to a friend’s shop as he has a vapour blasting cabinet. He uses it for rebuilding snow mobile and motorcycle engines. The parts cleaned extremely well and the top parts look like NOS parts. The only down side is that the cast lower bodies flash rust. However I’m doing another 24hrs in evaporust.

[Bob Carriere]

Are you not running a fuel filter on that truck.......??? I am a great fan of the glass bowl fuel filter of the early 50s......immediately before the carb.......

I do use an original frame mounted filter on the C15a but this one I can see.....same applies to my old 40s Allis Chalmers tractor..... you can see the dirt and the water in the bottom of the bowl......which reminds me to drain the frame mounted filter next time I grease her up.

[Jordan Baker]

The rust issue was internal on the carb itself. So an external filter would not have helped.

[Jordan Baker]

Nearly finished. Tonight was zinc plating a bunch of the stamped parts and fasteners

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Nearly finished. Tonight was zinc plating a bunch of the stamped parts and fasteners

Is zinc plating a DIY process?

[Jordan Baker]

Well I’m happy to report the carb rebuild went very well. Last week when I reinstalled it it had a poor idle performance. I realized that the low speed jet that I installed from the kit was different than the one I removed from the carb. So I took it out and replaced it. I also blew some high pressure air through the passages to make sure they were clear. Once back on the truck it idles very well. I took the truck for a drive down the road. All was great except for a flat spot on acceleration. I know the pump jet is good as the leather was replaced and I get a steady stream of fuel when push the throttle arm. If I feather the pedal the truck accelerates as per usual. Once up to speed the truck cruises quite nicely at 40-45mph.

With this confidence I took the truck on a drive for the OMVA showing at the Brantford Military Museum. It was a 126km round trip. No issues were encountered on the drive there and back.

After the show I had a few guests come back to see the vehicles and the shop. It was a great catch-up with Barry and Stefan. Yes that’s Mr LWD Parts himself. Unfortunately my visit got cut short as I had to leave for a fire. Regardless it was great to see them both.