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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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Terrill Machine, Inc DeLeon, Tx Has excellent reputation

I did my front windows on the 36 some years ago and recently did the rears The upper channels are held on by small screws into the wood frame. Some very difficult to find hidden in the channel fibers. They are inside the channel towards the outside of the car. They are easily found if you tear out the old lining from the metal channel first. Then take a piece of chalk or painters tape and mark the location of the screw holes on the outside of the car. This will aid in replacing the screws into original holes. When installing use the marked hole locations to line up an ice pick to jam thru the lining into the existing screw hole and then install screw. Old age and trifocals don't help in installation!! The lower channel is another story. Tom

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I did my front windows that had the vent a number of years ago and don’t remember how I married upper and lower. But I didn’t have this much trouble thinking about how to do it. Going to take a flashlight and see what I can see in the front door. Maybe that will jog my memory thanks

I am rebuilding the rear door window tracks on my 1936 Buick and having trouble marrying the upper whisker track to the lower channel. I have included a number of photos to help explain the situation.. The end of the old upper was cut so it fit the lower. I think the metal on back side of the upper slides under the back of the lower metal frame. I cut the end of the new upper track to match the old end, Another picture shows the new lower track installed in the metal frame. My question is does the upper whisker metal slide onto the lower metal frame as shown? Doing it like this seems to hold the upper to the lower by forcing the lower frame between the back tab of the upper and whisker stainless pieces Or is there another way to marry the two pieces. I took a lot of photos when disassembling but never thought to take a photo of the marrying of the two pieces Thanks, Tom

I am rebuilding the rear door window tracks on my 1936 Buick. I found the left hand door wood dog leg in bad shape with lots of rot. Since I am not restoring the vehicle I just needed to repair this joint. What to do. Here is my solution. I cleaned out the rot, mixed a concoction of wood chips and the expanding type gorilla glue and pushed as much as I could get into the joint. After drying I cut and sanded the dog leg. I band sawed a piece of oak to fit the joint and screwed and glued it all together using gorilla construction non expanding glue. I also installed a number of screws from inside towards outside of the wood to reinforce everything.

In addition to owning my grandfathers 1936 Buick, I also own some of his other things. One of them is a set of valve seat lapping tools made by Craftsman. They include 2 different angles, one for the intake and one for the exhaust and a handle to turn the tool. Each uses a piece of emery cloth that is clamped to the tool by a nut and sort of spiderweb to make the emery very tight.. There is a set of different diameter valve guide stems, along with a box of new emery cloth. In that box is a note to use kerosene when lapping the valve seats. I do not know the age of this Craftsman tool.

Out of business. I have not heard of anyone buying the inventory and going back in business. A great loss to the old car hobby and a great knowledgeable man to deal with. He would send you the parts with a bill and you send him the money after the fact. Who else would do that now!

There is a trick old flywheel engine folks use for stuck parts. Heat nipple then quickly wrap a cold soaking wet rag around it or just dump water on the nipple. The shock will help break loose the corrosion

36-40 Buick spark plug wire brackets under spark plug cover g cover

36-40 Buick front bumper bars