Restoration of Antique Delco electric motor found abandoned in the woods - 3 - new lead wiring...

[@aspedersen1]

Ahhh...this takes me back. And the feeling you get after completion, you can't buy that.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Thank you!

[@HDXFH]

Nice job there

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Thanks!

[@realvanman1]

Wow, I had no idea there was that much wicking material in there! I guess they had to have put that in there before pressing in the bearing?

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Hard to know! I think they probably pull it through with a string attached to the end of the wicking material. I have seen pictures of this before but didn't think to add them on the wicks I built here.

[@diggindiggenit6540]

very good filming and commentary, wondering if that motor is one directional or can you make it run forward and reverse.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Thanks for the comment. As for the motor's design, it is not engineered to be reversible. However, at the point where I was replacing the stator lead wiring, I could have separated the start-winding from the run winding at the Common point. At that point I could have converted it to a four-wire motor which would be reversible.

[@realvanman1]

Very nice work. Looks like you could benefit from having a vacuum impregnating varnish tank. Building one might make a good video series. ;) Edit: Can't argue with the results of that second resistance test!

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

I've wondered about one of those. The problem discouraging me is the cost of the resin. I've reached out to motor shops who will not re-impregnate an old motor because it can contaminate their resin and cause it to cure prematurely. So far, I've had fairly good success with sprayon and other insulating coatings. If I did more of this, I might try to build or locate a vacuum impregnating tank.

[@realvanman1]

Ah, I hadn't realized the resin was so expensive. But, I guess everything is these days. Makes sense about the contamination. I hadn't thought of that.