tonybuick

strombergs carbs of a holden 186 and fit a adjustable main jet

hi to all I did this about 15 years ago when I did the car up and have know done 17500 miles in the car I cant find the paper which has the clutch make on it but im pretty sure it was a Nissan truck clutch plate and pressure plate used the Nissan throw out bearing as well I could not find a clutch plate to fit the gearbox splines (bugger) so I went for a clutch plate with the biggest hole in it and had the gear box shaft splined to fit new plate that's why I went to truck plate to keep the gearbox shaft as big as I could and strength the pressure plate almost comes to the edge of my steel plate about 15 to 20 mm in from the edge the throw out bearing had a bigger centre hole in it than the buick bearing so I made a steel bush to reduce it down and it is fitted as if it where a buick bearing no changes where made to any linkages the clutch is a dream to use and feels like a car clutch holds well and doesn't slip changes gear easily the picture I posted is a mock up of what I did and the clutch is smaller than what I used there is also a large hole in the plate so you can bolt the fly wheel to the engine if you could find a clutch plate to fit the buick gearbox shaft it would be even better I could go back but I would need to replace my gearbox main shaft everything else would un bolt but I don't think I ever would because it works so well and easy to use tony skevington new zealand

don't know if I should show you this because some people don't like to see the cars changed to much but when I did my clutch not only where the linings worn out so where the metal tabs that get driven by the 3 flat bolts that drive the car 1925 buick im talking about so I fitted a new clutch I used a bigger clutch plate than what is shown in picture and the metal plate was recessed into the fly wheel to make it flush

hi it would be good to now how you get on I would remove battery before playing inside starter generator it would be a shame to short something out and do damage tony

from memory there is no adjustment on the pointy shaft the adjustment is done by bending the arms that make contact with the shaft which is part of the brush holders you can adjust starter motor and generator bush individually best to do this with battery disconnected

hi rod w does it make sense what I have written

if you are hitting things looks the gear shaft in your pictures then maybe the 2 gears are sticking on the shaft and not disengaging. the other thing to look at is when the brushs lift from generator and drop onto the starter comm this part is important to needs to happen when the gears are in there correct position sometimes its best to pull it all apart and check everything hope you can understand my writing thanks tony

so turn your buick on you should hear the starter generator motor like a slow motor (and it does no harm to leave it running like this) push on the pedal the gears should be moving on the shaft and will start to engage with the ring gear and the gear on the end of the starter generator sometimes the gears will not engage as they will not align and the pedal will not go all the way down or they may grind lift your foot and let the starter generator motor a bit more then have another try they should align as the gear on the starter generator will be in a different place now you should feel the pedal going down more when these gears are just engaging or started to engage the pointed shaft which is also driven by foot pedal will lift the brushes of the generator comm and drop the starter brush onto the starter motor comm it will crank engine and the starter generator is now working as a starter motor .car should start when foot taken off pedal starter brush is lifted and generator brush is dropped back on to allow car to be charged don't turn your buick off until you want to stop engine if you are slow at lifting your foot off the pedal the clutch in the 2 gears works to stop engine driving starter motor backwards like the bendix drive found on most cars you don't have to stomp on pedal or go fast a nice smooth movement is good

starter motor side of starter generator there is no bendix drive and the shaft of the starter generator does not slide in or out like some big starter motors on the end of the starter generator shaft that goes into bell housing it has a gear on it. also in the bell housing there is a set of gears two gears and they have a clutch in them as well and these gears can slide on a shaft the foot pedal in the car works these gears and a pointed shaft which goes into the starter generator I will try and get this part right its been a while since I played with mine once they are working they go for ever when you put your foot on the pedal it it will slide the gears one gear will engage with the gear on the end of the starter generator shaft the other will start to engage with the ring gear the pointed shaft works on the brushes inside the starter generator (so pushing the pedal in the car will move the 2 gears and the pointed shaft)

you need to look at it as a starter motor and generator its not just a starter. and the armature has 2 sets of windings and 2 comms one for generator and one set for starter with its own comm (its like 2 armatures put onto the one shaft also there are 2 field windings as well talk about generator first if you took a generator with 1 wire out from any old car and put battery volts onto it the generator would turn slowly like a motor not much power on shaft though so when you turn your buick on battery volts go to the generator part of the starter generator and it should turn slowly like a slow motor. remember there are no cut outs or relays on these cars. other cars have cut outs to stop the generator motoring like a motor there is a one way clutch between the end of the generator and the distributor so when the generator is motoring like a motor the timing does not change ie the starter gen shaft turns only when the car is going the shaft coming from the front of the engine turns the water pump and drives the distributor the one way clutch engages and drives the starter generator shaft if all is ok the generator will generate and charge the battery on the same wire that was driving it like a motor

keep it in mind if all else fails we have a company over here that makes new rims in most sizes. post would be a bit though

hi Larry I have a 25x25 same car just about I have one side mount thou good cars the best buick made I've done 15000 miles in mine very little trouble with it . with the front brackets you will need spacers or washers to pack it out a wee bit to clear rivet heads etc and I cut a half circle out to clear front shackle bolt . with the back ones it does push the tank cover out a bit but a little bit of guard adjusting seems to get it if you need more pictures of brackets let me now tony

hi here are some pictures one of the photos is the pattern I used for the front bumper I should have a pattern for the back brackets need to find it I used ten mill plate for the front bumpers .screwed some round bar and welded it top and bottom to make a clamp set up for bars. and 6 mill for the back and bolted it to the chassis it is sandwiched between the fuel tank covers and chassis they are joined together with a 10 by 50 mill bar the front brackets use existing bolt holes let me now if this is of any help I could take more pictures if you want to go down this road. but I look at your pictures and they look like you could do something with them I would get the chrome platter to grind and polish one of them and have a look there is plenty of thickness to play with also your car looks like a master so you may need to look at different set ups as I don't have the round bar at the front of my car tony

hi I made my own happy to take pictures if you are interested

hi I have some splash pans which I will fit to my car can you tell me how they fit to the engine do they go under the sump flange or on top of the block flange and do they bolt on they have slots that look like they go under boltsalso what was the small hole by the exhaust hole for thanks tony

you are right don't want to do any deep river crossing though don't like the water going though things

good news I managed to get some inner bearing rings for the buick cost a lot as much as I paid for the car before I did it up. they even have the hole for reverting them onto the diff housing. they are now on. the axles are back in. I hope the rollers work out all right with having fewer rollers also I need to make a set of chains up for the next car run we are doing in case we get deep mud or snow just brakes and oil seals to do .then jobs will be done for a while

that looks like a real nice job you should do chev grills

when I put a down draft on my 25x25 I found you could use a carb off a smaller engine (cubic inch) because most of the carbs we are using came off engines which revved out to a higher rpm we put a carb of a 186 cubic inch onto the buick which is 191 from memory it came down to air flow though the carb to perform at its best and its still on the car and goes great starts good no petrol leaks and I got a little bit better miles per gallon

I think the buick bearing numbers are hyatt 38e12 roller wor-210 outer bwir-210 inner I am still able to buy the double ball bearings but I would like to put the rollers back because it makes it hard to put wheel on and take off with the double ball set up

this is a old bearing that I have. lots more rollers and longer inner sleeve I have been using a double row ball in my back wheels from year 2000 when car was put back on the road but one of them is coming lose in the wheel so I am going to try to put it back to the way it was made or as close as plus with the rollers it will be easier to get back wheel off to change break shoes etc red flange I made is bolted on back of brake drum to run a oil seal works very well

I thought a picture may help this is the new bearing see how few rollers it has and the inner sleeve is short but I can overcome this has any body used these will it be ok

the bearing he supplied is a rollway ws 210 28

yes I did try the bearing shops they cant supply has any body used bobs bearings before will they last ok it would be good to know before I put all this extra work into fitting the bearings you think bobs would have told me about the differences before I spent my money thanks tony

hi bobs part number is rwb-256 to fit 25 to36 rear wheels and the bearings he supplys have even less rollors than the ones in his picture page 48 in the 2013 2014 catalog I spoke to bobs and he didn't seem very sure as the car is older than he has worked on he didn't even now that the bearings should have a longer inner ring for the oil seal to fit ( it would be good if you new this before you brought them)