Hello Everyone!

[Grinder38]

Thought I would check in. I'm retired now and I am in the process if getting dad's Buick on the road. Look forward to talking to ya's!

[Grinder38]

My Skylark starts right up first thing and will idle all day. when I put it in gear it will stall unless I feather the throttle. Any ideas?

[bob k. mando]

float level too low?

idle too low?

what year car do you have? we've got several service manuals in the Reference section.

[Grinder38]

Hi Bob. Thanks for replying. I changed tranny fluid and put the proper amount of fluid in it and don't ask why but it runs a whole lot better. It's a 1967 Skylark convertible. I'll post some pics of it. 68,000 original miles. Very nice ride.

[bob k. mando]

https://www.teambuick.com/reference/...ssis/index.php

that ought to be helpful.




I changed tranny fluid and put the proper amount of fluid in it and don't ask why but it runs a whole lot better.


ah, yes, old or burnt transmission fluid doesn't function properly. you might want to consider taking it to a transmission shop and having a complete flush done on it.

simply pulling the drain plug and letting it drain leaves a lot of the old fluid in the trans passages and torque convertor. one of those flushing machines can get nearly all of the old fluid out.