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id love to rebuild the old motor however the a rebuild kit for it is 1600 dollars and then id have to have the block machined and id like to have everything professionally done because of my lack of...

ok new question saem thread. i found a rebuilt motor for my buick has no miles on it and has been sitting for about 8 years. that said im gettin it on wednesday and i was wondering how much work...

you should be able to find a manual on ebay as for oil i might be wrong but 10w-30 should work just fine

ok ive had the engine retimed,new sprockets and chain also installed, the water pump was also replaced as well as some miscelanous parts. that said the car runs better but im still having some...

i was running my car a couple of days ago and out of the blue it died. the engine just cut out and it hasnt started since. i checked for spark,fuel,and everything else that could cause this.the...

thanks for the info,since my block wont get harmed if i pull the heads and then the cold weather hits i'll pull them when it gets nice again so that i dont have to do it later and then when i get the...

thanks for the tip on prelubing the bolts before removing the head. i know this might sound like a stupid question,but i just have to ask so that i know for sure. if i pull the heads off my car,and...

ok so i pulled the valve covers off of the passenger side of the engine,disconnceted the coil pack and cranked the engine. all valves open and close properly. reconnected the coil and fired the car...

got the heater core replaced (really easy to do actually)4 bolts on the fire wall pull the cover on the fire wall out and give the core a good push and the whole thing drops out from under the...

i need to replace my heater core in my 64 special(the factory one basically exploded on me last time i drove the car)since its starting to get cold out i dont want to crack my engine block due to...

the day i got the car on the road and took it for its test drive it lost a qt of oil after only 10 miles(quite a bit of that was attributed to the fact the the valve cover gaskets were just permatex...

and now on to the compression test results(first ill start with all plugs removed and then go with all plugs installed)compression #s are as follows. cyl#1 145 psi,2nd cyl 175 psi,3rd cyl 0 psi,4th...

ok so i did a compression test today and here are my findings.first off ill post what the plugs looked like followed by my compression test results. ok the first cyl was normal looking light brown no...

just one more question. since im going to start tearing my car apart here in the near future what gaskets will i need to buy?im already in the process of getting head gaskets and exhaust manifold...

when i got the car on the road, i took it for a drive and i literally smoked everyone who was behind me(blue smoke as far as the eye could see and it was extremely think)(only gets thick during...

im going to replace the head gaskets because i want to drive it for a while but i dont have enough money for an all out rebuild. i have to gradually acquire the required parts for a full on rebuild...

also im going to be replacing my head gaskets, i know roughly what needs to be removed and what not but i need to know the torque specs for the intake and the head and the exhaust manifold so that i...

i got my 64 special on the road a few days ago and so i took it for a test drive. that said i need to know what is goin on so i know what to fix. when i was driving my car was making a "spitting...

i have tried rotating the headlight switch left and right and got nothing. as for the radio i didnt work when i first got the car and i fired it up one day and it just came on and stayed on for like...

i've got a problem. none of my dash lights work, that said i got under the dash and found some of tthe bulbs.but theones i found were for the warning lights(i know these work) but i dont know the...

its always good to see new people on here. and everyone's extremely helpful with almost everything you might need help with. bill

hopefully that was what happened,however the smoke didnt come out of the exhaust pipe, it came out from under the "plate" that the air filter assembly came from. but thanks all the same i appreciate...

i was cleaning the carb on my 64 special(300 4bbl)and i was using the spray cleaner. once i finished spraying the inside of the carb i fired it up. (i posted a thread about this earlier) i started...

thanks for the input i graetly appreciate it

the lines' routing is supposed to be paralell to the crossmember however it hangs down about two or three inches below the crossmember. as far as i know its the oe line. i was able to gently push the...