TexasJohn55

What retains the assembly in the case?

Ben, from the tilt on that last picture, he may have had one "too many" with Elvis. 😉

PLEASE!! Do not put Dawn, Palmolive, Simple Green or Purple Power in your cooling system! It will take FOREVER to get the foam and suds out of the system. You must use a non-sudsing detergent. "Cascade" or similar dishwasher powder works very well. Remove the thermostat. Mix a cup of powder in a pail of hot water to dissolve and pour it in, top off and run 30 min or longer, driving or revved up. It will cut any oil in the system, even motor oil or trans fluid. Drain and flush at least twice until it runs clear. As a diesel mechanic for 40 years, it is what we used to clean system after oil cooler failures. (PS: " FOREVER " was an exaggeration.) 😉

I liked your previous avatar, it seemed to fit better.

Yeah, we get that.

Well! welcome to our world fellow human!

BEFORE YOU BUY! Consider storage. You must have protected storage space out of the sun and weather. You will also need space to work on it. It will deteriorate and rot in the sun and weather, your perfect interior and paint will soon need attention. If you want to preserve it, keep it indoors. I bought a classic with good paint and original interior. I did not have indoor storage space cleared for it. The Texas sun popped the paint off to the metal on top surfaces that 1st hot summer. Each summer was worse on the paint. It was an older repaint that was in decent driver condition. The stitching popped loose on the seat backs. The sun is a killer. Here is a pic:

WOW! Looks great! But I don't know about letting my dog in the front seat unless you keep his nails trimmed. That Rita knows her stuff, and cleaners too!

No: According to the shop manual, fill to within 1/2"-23/32" below the fill opening. This is necessary to leave some air space for expansion of fluid when hot otherwise fluid may be forced out. You will have to fashion a dipstick to dip and measure.

That was a fine post! Now, please don't start a new thread for the same subject. New threads should contain subject of content, NOT your forum ID name. If there are several threads with the same name, it is difficult to follow the conversation.

Exactly what I recently did on my '55. AutoZone Dorman red paddle @ $4.99 and inline fuse holder, BP-HMK-RP @ $4.29.

In my 55 manual, it is in section 10 electrical and starting.

Or this:

The 1st thing for a new owner is to source and buy the appropriate Buick Shop Manual for your model. They can be found online in either CD or paper reprint for about the same price. Cars LLC is one source. Search Ebay or Amazon. The book is invaluable.

Welcome to the forums. The Buick forum group folks have been most helpful to me with my 55.

One of the lucky ones who have not lost power yet, keeping fingers crossed. 3 of my 5 kids have lost power, 1 in the motel she went to to stay warm. It will be costly when everything thaws and floods if the water wasn't turned off. Swimming pools frozen will likely be very costly. Hoping they don't do rolling outages, heat back on and flooding for 1st group without power, then another new group freezes up. That would only compound the damages. People who found shelter could find themselves having to relocate again, etc.

Have you had the distributor out? Remember that the timing is set with the #1 at TDC on compression stroke with valves closed. It is possible to install distributor 180 deg out and still have timing mark line up. John

Oh No! Does this mean we have to take back all those mean things we said about Peter G.?

Cars LLC. You can buy from Newport but their marketing strategy does not get you a discounted price. (Keeps their dealers happy?)

Mine is Newport. The tech said it had 120 deg sweep, I am getting more like 100 to 105. Works OK, just disappointed. I will have to adjust the wipers to park a little high maybe.

I'm glad I didn't say "without pictures, it didn't happen." That wouldn't work for nasty cuts anyway.

Did that finger heal up? Damn fine looking car!

The stuff of dreams eh? I bet one of them is a 3 spd, but with a 264.🙁

That's a joke. Went over like a lead balloon.

Moderators! Are they all bullies? Oops! Off subject.