Forgot about this one, had decent oil pressure, but when she was ticking thought tied to fact I never clearanced the pump, just added the gasket they gave me, well it was too thick, had 0.007"...
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Forgot about this one, had decent oil pressure, but when she was ticking thought tied to fact I never clearanced the pump, just added the gasket they gave me, well it was too thick, had 0.007"...
Been a while since posting, forget where I was in thread..
I did install a new fuel pump, motor would tick at higher RPM, 4k range, no loss of pressure, discovered it was the OEM springs I had...
Tool wouldn't work only use is for when crank out and block standing on end..
Then I mic'd the replacement bearings and they were 0.002 larger than what was in her so chipped 4th and grooved front...
Installing new cam, found out front cam bearing had groove in it and #4 is chipped, had to fork out $100 to buy the buick cam bearing tool, chevy ones are only $25 and a tad bigger, could have...
I now see post was 4 months ago, what was the issue? front cam bearing?
From oiling diagram that is last in line for that side of engine and feeds second to last main bearing, perhaps your bypass is kicking in and not enough oil pressure to fully pump up those lifters...
The B4B I picked up for my 73 455 has a pad to mount a coil onto for running the choke.
And for his question on older heads, isn't there some cut off where they changed how rockers were oiled and...
I noticed they are different each year they used them, at least at Year one they now have different part numbers for each year they were produced, maybe the mounting points were different or the...
Pulled rear cover to see how previous owner went from a 3.90 open to a posi and discovered a HD Safe-T-Track posi unit with the 4 spiders, a pleasant surprise, some metal in oil and a tad milky,...
Installed an all Moog front end with 5400 springs, and used poly bushings on upper and lower, sway bar pins and mount, sits up nice in front now, had issues in rear with the springs chosen and...
Took off smogger to install the B4B intake and found a rusty cam and lobes almost touching next lifter.
No clue on how cam could walk back so far, some say to check distributor gear, but ordered a...
Then I went and made a huge update to my first post listing the 1000s of dollars of parts I tossed in her and all the steps, it showed autosaving, then told me wasn't logged in and all was lost, it...
I had a huge update here, wrote for 20 minutes on all the progress, it showed autosaved, then submitted, said wasn't logged in, logged in, took me to blank page, refreshed it had a reply with all the...
Yes, I was able to add the address, but unless I PM him about his items there is no ability to keep the conversation on the listing page so others could see the conversation and not a fan of that,...
http://www.teambuick.com/forums/dbtclassifieds.php?do=listing&action=viewlisting&listingid=4
since no address cannot see where the items are located nor can I see if there are any conversations or...
My 69 CA GS with 455 and TH400 has a 3.90 HD Safe-T-Track in the rear and that 3 speed auto really piles on the RPMs at highway speeds, unknown RPMS, the tach arrives this week, but had this 200-4R I...
Saw the new classified section, was viewing items, told me to create an address, so I try to do so, no ability to enter a state, tried using an autofill app, it places the state in there but still...
Date of Birth
Address
04-1978
2126 Water St #206, Duluth, MN 55812-2154
Sound about correct age?
Found a complete set of 1231786 heads for $150 shipped and a 71 intake for $70 shipped to get rid of smogger components.
If these are not big valve heads will I notice anything without swapping...
So far installed new points, high torque starter, battery, and she fired right up.
Crawled underneath and started to install 2.25 exhaust front to back, ordered Thrush welded mufflers, then find out...
Just traded off my 2001 Mercury Cougar ZN for this GS project.
Has a running 455 smogger form a 73 GS and correct GS455 ram air filter assembly.
Pretty optioned out, suspension package, disc...