Hi,
The old air filters I've seen seem to be galvanized and painted black. The
usually were well preserved because they had oil all over them. A magnet
will tell you if it's steel or not. The hole must have come form a little
water sitting in the bottom under the oil.
I like Dave Koon's fix with the JB Weld.
Stay warm cleaning those parts!
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Whitney Haist
Orinda, CA
Chevy Trucks: 2-'46s & a '39
www.jps.net/haist/artdeco.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim House" <jhouse@ccsolution.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Cc: <Advdesign1@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 3:38 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] oil air bath - keeping it original
> Well now that it is cold I am taking parts off the truck that I can work
in
> inside. Once completed I am then placing it back on the truck outside.
The
> first item was the oil filled air cleaner. I took this off and cleaned it
> up. It looks to me to be a piece of aluminum - no rust at all inside or
> outside. It has that gray color and feel. Only the top of the lid looks
> like it was painted black and had a sticker on it. My question is now
that
> it is clean and looking great - I would hate to paint it. All of the
> original 46's that I have seen all have this as a semi gloss black. I
think
> I may be special since I have a 45? Any take on what is correct.
>
> One other problem. The bottom piece that holds the oil has a very small
> hole in it. It is about as big an if you would take a pencil and poke
into
> where the lead stops. I am wondering what would be the best thing to use
to
> fill this hole and also retain the oil in the bath.
>
> Thanks
> Jim House
> 46 Chevy 3104
> Hollis, NH
>
> Jim House
> Custom Computer Solutions
> http://www.ccsolution.com
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