sebastienbuick

It's really sad , I wish you good luck for the future. The problem came from the oil pump or coolant that was replaced by water ?

Super project !

Thank you , I did not know that originally the timing cover was painted. When I bought the car, there was still the original timing cover, it was not painted and was in very bad condition. So I buy a new timing case. Here are the pictures of the engine when I buy the car, everything was original and we can see that the timing cover was not painted. I have a friend who has remade his V8 455 from his Riviera GS 71 and he has not painted it either. I do not know why mine was not painted, there is no old trace of painting disappointed : / Then a year later I had repainted the engine and I had installed a new crankcase and water pump

hello, original the casing did not paint, it is a new but the casing I had original was not painted in the factory. That's why I did not paint it, because of origin he did not paint . thank you RivNut , I painted the balancer , I just have to go back

Congratulations for this great job, I am this restoration in France since the beginning and I am amazed by this restoration. I even showed your restoration to friends and they were amazed by this magnificent restoration. Congratulations, you did a great job ! this buick is beautiful

then set up the crankcase Here I am now, next step, reassembly of the fuel pump, oil filter, ...,

Then after refitting the water pump, presentation of the timing case gasket .

After having all clean / prepare, reassembling new parts

Then, before setting up the timing cover, I redid the oil pump So disassembly of the pump

Yes, I then turned the engine several times to check that all are well

Then after having re-degrease, protection of various elements to pass in paint (yes yes it is a screwdriver in the cover tumble , it was stack the right diameter ^^ ) Then painting

Then reassemble the strainer, the small strainer cover, the low engine cover and the distribution.

Then having to remove the crankcase and have the engine on the rotisserie, I take the opportunity to clean the old oil in the block so that everything is clean As well as the strainer In the meantime, I received my distribution kit and other parts, including the oil pump kit