Tom_S

Two things I have learned about slotted head screw removal. Buy a set of gunsmith screw drivers. They are hollow ground versus standard taper ground screw drivers and fit the slots more precisely. If possible set item on drill press with driver bit in the chuck. Use drill press handle for down pressure on screw and put a drift pin in chuck hole to act as a lever to rotate chuck and remove screw. These two do wonders for removing screws. Tom

Bill, Thanks for that explanation. that is a real piece of engineering! Tom

She also didn't puncture a hole on the bottom of bottle to let in air to aid in flow.

Browsing thru Hemmings Classic Car, may 2020 issue I read an article about a 1934 Chev pick up truck with a 207 cu. in. engine. To quote from this article: "The head also incorporated eight small stamped copper nozzles pressed in near the exhaust valves, used to direct streams of water at the valves and seats, keeping them cooler." I am having a hard time understanding how this functioned. Could someone explain to me how this worked, not mixing water with oil, or oil with water? Thanks Tom Schmutz

Photo of the STP I used in my 36 steering box. As you can see, it is very sticky between my 2 fingers and provides great lubricity

Phillipj I'll see if I can get a picture of it tom

My take on it. When i rebuilt the box on my 36, i used STP. The gears in the box do very little turning and at a very slow pace. You want to use something that is very sticky and will adhere to the slow movement of the gears and provide lubrication STP does just that. I'm sure there are other products that do that too that I am not familiar with. As a kid in a garage my boss was an engine rebuilder. All his bearings were set with STP. His reasoning it gave the bearing good lubrication during initial start up untill the oil pressure built up.

Old timers would put a small nut behind relief spring F to add more tension to it and keep oil from seeping past valve G. This compensated for any worn compression the spring may have had and would increase the oil pressure.

Take the assembly to someone with a kingpin reamer set with guide bushings and knowledge to do it for a few bucks. With just an adjustable reamer you might ruin the job. The job needs the guide bushings to align everything properly.

I think most of the Buick tools were made be Vichek Tool Co, Cleveland, Ohio

My old neighbor just used his knuckles for that when he came by.

I once had a Farmall Cub tractor that had a head gasket problem allowing oil into water and not water into oil Owner had neglected for years and full of oil crap. That radiator is not easily removed I filled it up with kerosene and put cardboard over radiator and ran till hot. Junk ran out.. Same thing again and started looking clean. filled up with degreaser several times to rid of kerosene and then several water rinses. Clear water after that All this done after fixing the warped head and new head gasket. Never another problem. Tom

My 36 Buick has the original cloth tool pouch and some of the tools. The open end wrenches are missing. For what purpose would a hammer be included in the tool kit? Seems to be an unusual automobile repair tool Thanks Tom Schmutz

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