~~ Jethro 1954 3100 Back to Life In the Dity Gallery 1951 3100 (gone) / 1956 4400 (still in the neighborhood) / 1957 6400 with dump body (retired) / 1959 3100 panel (in the woods junked) / 1978 Custom Deluxe K10 / 1993 S-10 4.3 / 2004 Chevy Crew Cab / 1945 John Deere H / 1952 John Deere B / 1966 John Deere 2510 / 1967 John Deere 1020
Probably a mild solvent or detergent (simple green?) They get lots of grease soaked into them from hands (even clean hands have some oil on them from the skin).
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
The steering wheel composition is something like hard rubber mixed with cement that has a bond coating then painted to color. The top color wears off. You can clean it but it may not keep your hands from getting dirty. You can repaint such as rattle can primer and black. Some go with a leather wrap.
Appearance wise, the steering wheel will have cracks. You can patch the cracks with epoxy and repaint but over time more cracks will show up. Professional restorers remove all the material down to the steel (hub, ring and spokes) and replace with long lasting UV polymer. $$$.
Last edited by buoymaker; 10/17/20229:46 PM.
"Adding CFM to a truck will only help at engine speeds you don't want to use." "I found there was nothing to gain beyond 400 CFM."
I used some two part epoxy to fix the cracks as buoymaker stated above will see how long it lasts but it was not difficult to do there are others that have posted about the process .after cracks fixed I used appliance paint from the hardware store as others also have used. Have not put the wheel on yet as the rest of the truck is needing some work to get me on the road again
I also repaired my wheel as Kevin pointed out. Not hard, time consuming but extremely satisfying. I used appliance paint which is supposed to be single part epoxy but takes forever to dry and harden. If you do use this, wait at least a month before installing it or risk damaging the paint.
Last edited by Phak1; 10/18/202212:10 AM.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
II degreased it with some Zep and gave it 3 coats of Duplicolor satin black. Looks and feels good. Thanks to all. Jethro.
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~~ Jethro 1954 3100 Back to Life In the Dity Gallery 1951 3100 (gone) / 1956 4400 (still in the neighborhood) / 1957 6400 with dump body (retired) / 1959 3100 panel (in the woods junked) / 1978 Custom Deluxe K10 / 1993 S-10 4.3 / 2004 Chevy Crew Cab / 1945 John Deere H / 1952 John Deere B / 1966 John Deere 2510 / 1967 John Deere 1020
II degreased it with some Zep and gave it 3 coats of Duplicolor satin black. Looks and feels good. Thanks to all. Jethro.
How about posting some pics!
Last edited by Phak1; 10/23/202212:19 PM.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
~~ Jethro 1954 3100 Back to Life In the Dity Gallery 1951 3100 (gone) / 1956 4400 (still in the neighborhood) / 1957 6400 with dump body (retired) / 1959 3100 panel (in the woods junked) / 1978 Custom Deluxe K10 / 1993 S-10 4.3 / 2004 Chevy Crew Cab / 1945 John Deere H / 1952 John Deere B / 1966 John Deere 2510 / 1967 John Deere 1020
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
