How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Ever thought of lightly coating your ropes with linseed oil Jordan ? Great preservative .

The traditional preservative is Stockholm Tar, as used on rigging in the Age of Sail (and the (British) 34-ft steel vertical aerial stays) but it sticks to your hands and is fairly unpleasant unless you like that sort of thing. The problem with waxes and oils is that they're going to make the rope slippery, which you may not want.

(The other problem with Stockholm Tar is it may attract Ancient Mariners or the traditional wing of the local Yacht Club.)

Some people swear by it, others swear at it.

Chris.

[Jordan Baker]

Thanks to another MLU’er, I’ve now got a proper wartime Canadian contract Chorehorse generator to go with the truck. 1942 dated with a lot of the original khaki green #3 paint still on it.

[Jordan Baker]

Almost finished the restoration of the Chorehorse CH1-395-4. It’s basically been a cosmetic job as the mechanical components are fine. I also left as much in it’s original colour as possible. The data tag was refinished after about 3 hours of work.

Also a short video of how nicely this runs.

https://youtu.be/IuHDh7BIjGI

[m606paz]

Well done Jordan! beautifull!!

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Almost finished the restoration of the Chorehorse CH1-395-4. It’s basically been a cosmetic job as the mechanical components are fine. I also left as much in it’s original colour as possible. The data tag was refinished after about 3 hours of work.

An excellent job, very nice indeed.

Chris.

[Robert Bergeron]

V ery well done , outstanding!

[Jordan Baker]

I’ve finished the restoration of the Chorehorse and it’s now mounted on the removable tray. There was also a “quick release” ground strap hookup point on the cab frame. I used an NOS 36” long Chorehorse ground strap. Once hooked up to the charging panel the Chorehorse fires right up.

[David Dunlop]

Wow! That little sub-project turned out very well, Jordan.. Congratulations.

When I first heard one of those running, all properly muffled, I was surprised how quiet it was. More so than the average gas lawn mower I think, and it gets a bit quieter when under a charging load it seems as well, if I recall correctly.

Nice find for the chorehorse ground strap by the way. Hard to tell if it is early or late pattern under the wing nut. Early ones simply had the end flattened and solder dipped, with a hole drilled into it. I suspect that caused a few wing nuts to get lost, having to completely remove them, which negated the ‘quick release’ concept somewhat as well. Later straps had an an angled slot cut into them rather than just a hole, and I think some makers may have added a small square of folded over sheet metal slotted at an angle as well. These allowed a simple loosening of the wing nut rather than complete removal.

You are going to be on the road and on the air with your WIRE-3 in no time, Sir!

David