jw1955buick
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Mine is simple: '57 Eldo Bairritz black with b/w interior, white top, everything but air ride, now most are in Europe it seems
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I haven't tried that actually, but I will
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Much like the Marlin and the first gen chargers, the windshield is just a little too steep and/or tall to smoothly pull off the sleek fastback behind it, it'd be weird but i'd almost rather see a '59 caddy windshield on that car, or at least something with that slope and height, then the fastback would make more sense, proportionally and otherwise, I think. It just doesn't flow as well as it could've. Oh and DEFINITELY no side molding or creases of any kind, aka: '61 birds. The original vision is usually the best..
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Thanks fellas, i'm checking everything over, those are good places to start
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Doesn’t matter if it’s pointed to on or off, took it all apart hoping a cleaning would suffice, nope, there’s really not much to it , it had a tiny divot on one the raised nubs on the triangular contact piece, used some 600 grit on it, put back together with diaelectric grease on the nubs, it worked one time then never again, options? Maybe something in the tumbler?
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A flare nut, that's a new one for me, had to look it up, now I can see how that works, they look like old tiny bathroom gas heater plumbing parts. thanks old-tank !
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Perfect! Love those '49's, that's a great background too
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What hardware is needed to join these? I have no clue what happens here, the kit is apparently for a ‘57 and up based on the short tube length they gave me, it’s the one from CARs with compression hardware provided which doesn’t work
am I missing something here?
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Progress! It finally has a filter btwn the pump and carb and I put it where one could actually unload it unlike every old car I’ve bought, all that’s left is the choke pipe to the manifold then ready to fire
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Okay, my plastic switch body has what looks like old brown wheel bearing grease in there, who knows why...thanks!
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mine Is filled with some type of grease, what did you put in yours if anything?
I was going to use some dielectric but can’t find info on it
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The bastard child of a '33 Ford and a '33 Willys, interesting, or it was....
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Ordered them from McMaster but they didn’t have the washers, for some reason I thought this would be much easier with the millions of carbs out there, oh well
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Choke baffle, that’s what I need
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I have a carter 2197 WCFB with the climate control choke, I need that thin metal plate piece the fits btwn the spring and the pump
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The manual points to where they go, but doesn’t actually show any shims, just points to the end of the plastic piece
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What do those shims look like? I’m doing a carb rebuild, just pulled that switch and there were no shims at all
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Those ford plugs from summit worked perfect after the tiniest bit of trimming the top lugs making them a little more narrow to push down in the flange and lock in, those are made for a pcv valve so it’s a very snug fit the breathers, which I like
thanks to all responders!
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That's what I thought, my climate spring wasn't engaged, thanks for the info!
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I'll check there Fr. Buick
carbking, I bought the kit from CARs, looked at Bob's too and didn't see one with screws or I would've bought it, do you have a source for future information?
Also since you're here, what exactly holds the choke butterfly closed? the spring inside the climate control housing or some other?, looking at photos, my carb and the visible linkage looks like every other but I thought when properly set, the natural position for the choke was closed until heat opened it up, mine is open and snaps open when not closed by hand, maybe my climate spring wasn't ever engaged? or?
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I ordered the kit from CARs yesterday, either way, i'll look into that electric option as I plan to drive the crap out of this
side note: who makes a really good line bending/flange tool?
And I appreciate the offer Fr. Buick!
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'55 WCFB most of the old fillister top screws are buggered and a few are cross threaded, where can I buy new?
I've seen chevy stuff on the bay like Eckler's but not sure what I need as far as thread pitch and all that.
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56 choke thermostat tube issue
in Buick - Post War
Posted · Edited by jw1955buick (see edit history)
Check out the thread "Vacuum Line routing to choke" from two weeks ago in this same forum category, bought the kit from CARs, flared one end, bent the other end around so it slipped into that inside manifold nipple then simply bent it toward the choke, slid on provided insulation, screwed the brass nut on the choke threads, easy! had what appeared to be plumbers putty plugging up the hole, it dug out easily when I did the carb rebuild.
couldn't figure out how to gather the frayed insulation ends, thus the tape for now