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As usual Bob is right. attached are specs for the standard Buick oil pump. From john Thawley's book: The Buick Free Spirit Power Manual. CJ

Suntreemcanic asked: "Is that a Buick motor that has been enlarged from 215 CI?" Yes and no; If original to the vehicle you have the Grandson of the 215. Rover produced the 215 (3.5 Liter) for several years and then proceed to make a 3.9L, a 4.0L, a 4.2L and a 4.6L. Lets assume you have a...

Nice Ride. Cudos for keeping it in such good shape. CJ 1980 Skyhawk

"my feet are smoking hot whilst driving" Possibly the the water valve is in the open position letting nice and hot engine coolant run through the heater core. In case you need to make sure all the vacuum hoses are connected correctly The A/C section of the chassis manual should also have a...

Just in case you do not have it, The chassis service manual has a wiring diagram among other things in the A/C section. The manual for 1972 just happens to be posted in the reference section of this great website. https://www.teambuick.com/reference/library/72_chassis/index.php cj

AWSOME! I hope your pump test is successful. I encouarge you to keep playing with the filament materials, that is a very interesting project. If only you could get Tygon based filaments it could solve your problem. cj

I guess I will not be recommending them in the future. Take a look at this: https://www.fisheriessupply.com/walbro-bellows-replacement-kit-300-714s I talked to them and they do ship to Europe. I was told that when ordering on the web site it will calculate the shipping. The nice guy on the...

Hope this helps. Scroll down to the kits at the bottom of the page. https://www.autoperformanceengineering.com/html/bel_pump.html CJ