Kosage Chavis

Got you. Watch it end back up on CL. Sounds like no one has really made up their minds on what to do with it.

I feel ya Mr Lamar. Trust me, if the car were close to me, I would have jumped on it. So is the assumption that he did not sell the car?

LOL! It did catch me by surprise.

Not a surprise there. I hope it was one of the guys on here.

Yeah, I do still have the clear ducts that you sold me a while back. Mr Lamar's are better though.

Hold up, my wife gave me a condition. She suggested I fix it to be sold as a profit so that I can use that money on my 55. I don't know if I would even want to sell it by the time I would be done with it.

So I am just talking casually to my wife and told her about this car. She smiles at me and says that I should go buy it. I am still trying to figure out whether she is joking with me or not. Now I am wondering. How in the world would I even get it home?

If I had the money and free time, I would definitely buy this car. 55's will always be my favorite, but I love the 54's a little more each time I see one.

I agree. This car is more than worth the money they are asking. Someone on here has to grab this car.

Would love that power antenna and power brake assembly.

Question...now that the armature is out, I can see that it is soaked with WD-40. Is it safe to soak it with brake cleaner to get rid of the lubricant and dry out? Thank you.

Finally was able to pull the armature out of its cavity. Cleaning will start the next time I can break away.

Good news...was able to turn the armature. Still somewhat hard to turn, but turning none the less. I will continue to turn periodically and spray with WD- 40 until it becomes easy enough to remove armature from cavity.

The first motor I did turned out very well. The pictures that I posted are of the first one I did. Works great now! I now have 3 working motors. Just need to figure this last one out. I am pretty sure I can get it working again. I just need to figure out how to remove the armature that is really stuck in place. I will post my progress when I get a chance to work on it again.

Okay...so I started the 2nd motor and this one is in pretty bad shape. I was able to remove the casing (after breaking one of the casing bolts). The armature is completely stuck. I cannot remove it, much less turn it by hand. Any ideas? Just by looking at the internals, it looks like it over heated pretty good.

Showing armature and associated worm gear removed from body.Showing the body cavity where the armature was pulled from.Showing the modified paper clip holding the brushes in an open position.Showing the armature being slid in position. I gently removed the paper clip and used a probe as needed to allow me to properly seat the armature in the casing.Showing the armature seated in place. Notice the wire that is tucked in at the body. Showing the wire untucked. This is necessary to allow you an angle to insert the worm gear into the body. This wire was tucked back in just before attaching the casing to the body.

That's exactly what I planned on doing...all 4 of them. Right now though, I just wanted to make sure all 4 are in working order before packing them up and letting them sit for a while.

Great news! I was finally able to pull the armature and associated worm gear from the body. I cleaned up all the old grease, cleaned all the contacts, applied compressed air to the whole assembly and applied new grease. I used a modified paper clip as suggested by Ben to hold the spring loaded brushes in an open position and slid the armature into the casing. I also used a probe to assist for this part. Once the armature was back in place with the brushes, I untucked a main wire to give me an angle that allowed me to reinsert the worm gear into the body. Once the worm gear was partially inserted, I was sure to tuck that wire back in and close and botton the whole assembly back up into one piece. Then came the moment of truth...the bench test. Hooked the motor back up to the battery and worked like new. The motor had a nice humming sound. No roughness what so ever. One down, one to go!

Master chassis and body parts books. Compliments of Mr. Lamar!Time to get more "Buick smart".

Yeah, Mr Lamar sold me good set. I am glad older car parts were made to be worked on in contrast to the mess they have today. I did try sliding the armature out, but will not do so even though it turns freely now. Any ideas?

Showing the 2 bolts that retain the casing to body. Showing the bolts removed. Showing one of the gears removed. Showing the worm gear.Showing separation of casing from body. Showing internals on casing side. Showing internals on body side.

I was able to separate the casing from the body today. I took my rubber mallet and tapped the ends of the casing in a downward direction. I took my sweet time doing this to make sure I wouldn't break or warp anything. The casing slowly came off and I now have access to the internals. First observation was the amount of grit inside. Looked like someone played with it in a sand box. Tried turning it with my hands, but even that was impossible. It was stuck pretty good. I tapped on the worm gear a few times to break the gear from being stuck. I was then able to turn by hand. I then took some compressed air to clear the internals of any or all debris and sprayed a little lubrication inside. Now I can turn it with my hand with ease. I will post some pictures in a few minutes to give some visuals.

Yes, there are 2 bolts that hold the casing onto the rest of the body. I already removed those bolts, but the casing will not come off. I don't want to force it off for fear of breaking something.

Another question, is it possible to repair a power window motor that isn't functioning? Thank you.

I like it. Would be cool for someone to take all of the best parts of each Buick, from 54 thru 56 and make one car out of it. Matt???