Has anyone swapped the chassis on a C-Body? Looked at RS and Art Morrison and they’re too pricey. Want an updated ride and better handling. If you can suggest possible swaps I would greatly...
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Has anyone swapped the chassis on a C-Body? Looked at RS and Art Morrison and they’re too pricey. Want an updated ride and better handling. If you can suggest possible swaps I would greatly...
Have a 1966 Electra that I recently purchased
an extra pair of skirts for. However, the skirts are missing the two
attached parts, can anyone point me in a direction to purchase two sets?
Meant to say sway bar, rides and steers a lot betrer. Feel better putting it on the road.
I decided to replace the entire front end, the only thing I could not find was the away bar. I searched around and found parts from the Buick Farm, rock auto and rare parts. Car rides amd drives a...
Thanks Telriv and FuzzyDice...I took a look at what Diamondback has to offer and I called them. Great tires and they sound like great people to work with. Still deciding if I want to dig that deep...
My front end of my 66 Buick Electra has an entire new front end, springs and shocks at all corners and I'm ready for some new tires. Does anyone have any real-world experience with these tires. I...
Long and frustrating story, but I'm in need of another center link for my buick. Bought one used from the buick farm and sent it to rare parts to have it rebuilt. Received an empty container from...
I was/am in the same situation as you; looking at completely rebuilding the front end in my 66 Electra and had difficultly finding parts. The process has been very enlightening and eye opening. ...
I have the Rallye Rims that has the 2 inch diameter center cap; the correct size for my year of vehicle is 2 1/8 inches. The front hubs keeping pushing the center cap retainer off with I tighten the...
Steering Forum cannot be accessed at this time. Have a leak that I noticed today, could not tell if its from a hose or not. Leaking onto the manifold and smokes terrible. Read my manual and it...
Nice looking Electra that you have.
Stage3Matt, my phraseology was just a play on your words, no harm intended and no offense taken. These are big vehicles and the floating is what made me fall in love with these old, big cars as a...
Checked every company that was mentioned here except the high-dollar shocks for our Lambo-Boats. Summit has listings for Bilstein and Ridetec (front only) , they also have listings for (front-only)...
The price of the KYBs is very good, anyone has personal experience with them on a larger vehicle? Again, there is no application for my 66.
I checked with KONI and they do not have shocks available for my 66 Electra. No one that I know has used KYB, how good are they compared to Gabriel or Monroe? Or, are they considered to be in...
I have a 66 Electra and I'm looking at putting Bilsteins or some Ride Tech Q series on mine. They are a higher in price than monroe, but I believe the build quality is better.
Must say that I enjoyed turning corners today and I planted some grass seed and cleaned up some in the garage. Electra is parked until the cold front is gone, temp is dropping now...need to go...
Turned out I had a short that affected my ignition switch, my lectra is back on the road. Starting up really well, I can stand outside of the car and stick my hand through the window and turn the...
How do I check the voltage from the coil to the distributor? I have a multi/volt meter, can this be used? Not sure about the relay, will check with the shop that installed it.
No, I did not do anything to the distributor, the points were exchanged for electronic ignition a while back.
Jumped the coil and positive battery post and car still did not start. With the wires connected correctly on the starter I will crawl back under there in the next day or so to check tightness and...
Got it! So, if the car starts with the jumper wire it's indicative of crossed wires on the starter?
I took a picture of the starter after it was removed so that I would remember the which wire was on what terminal. The purple wire is connected to (S) and the yellow wire is going to the (R)...
Thanks, I'm tracking with you some, but I need the layman's version. I am almost positive that I put the wires on exactly as I took them off, but this is something I will check. Also, explain more...
My electra had been having some starter issues that I was aware of, removed the starter day after Thanksgiving to have it rebuilt by a reputable starter guy. Because USPS lost the starter as it was...