DonMicheletti
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I used Fig.6-3 in the service manual as a guide to do mine on the '38's
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With all those issues, I'd just tear it down and check everything out. May be more than one issue
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What is the tube running along the spark plug cover used for?
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They are packed with grease
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Have you checked the accuracy of the compression gage. That got me one time, bad gage
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The doughnuts must have been pretty poor because that "bell" was very common to hear on Buicks. You just gotta be old enough to have heard them.
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'38 shop manual does not show that grommet (or doughnut) in Fig. 5-6 nor 5-18
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Grimy, you can ask Neil about noisy shock links
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I remember the "Buick Bell" as a kid. Very, very common. As far as the daub of paint goes, it makes sense that the daub is on the torque tube or carrier housing. They are the parts that hold the gearing and they are assembled before being attached to the axle housing.
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Marks like that are done by a guy with a brush. Location accuracy probably wasnt very important
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Jims Doble book is great. He spent tye better part of 30 years researching it. There is a lot more that was not published as part of the book.
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I was told by Jim Crank (a steam car nut) that all the threads on a Stanely are 20tpi. Jokingly (I think) he said they probably had a gear change lathe with only one set of gears. Is the 20tpi thing true?
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Bobs Automobilia has reprints of the nmanual https://bobsautomobilia.com/shop/literature-decals/shop-manual-all-1941-sm-41/
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Another "pretty reliable" source is '41 Shop Manual section 6-42 that agrees with Neil
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1938 Buick Series 40- Loose Propshaft to Pinion Gear
DonMicheletti replied to 1938Mike's topic in Technical
Actually, the '38 is a tight fit and pinned too on a good one and also a pain to separate
