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  1. I adjusted the linkage and put her on the ground and she has park and neutral. Took her for a short drive around the neighborhood and she seems to be running good. Brakes are very soft, but overall I am very pleased since she hasn't been on the road in years! Super excited!! Thanks for all the help. I have a long way to go but today was a huge step!!
  2. In Park, it makes a noise like something is grinding so I guess you are right. Something is not right in the transmission.
  3. I just tried it and the parking brake does stop the wheels from moving in neutral.
  4. I guess I didn't realize you felt so strongly about it. I guess if it is reliable, I can try to keep the original system.
  5. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IfX27ntMJcX1V2nW8fQ-LqBz2ShOS024/view?usp=sharing Video of when we got it running. It is running even better now. We lowered the idle a bit, but I just can't figure out the Park and Neutral issue.
  6. I think I am going to go with this route. That sounds like an easy way to wire the starter button, but I have a couple of questions, the only wire I would disconnect would be the smallest one going to the top of the solenoid and that is where I would connect the starter button wire? This would disconnect the gas pedal start feature, but wouldn't affect the key being needed to start the vehicle, key turning off vehicle, generator charging battery, etc.? Or do I need to disconnect something else as well to take out the gas pedal start feature? Thanks for all the help,
  7. So I got my new 53 Buick where it starts and runs nicely. However, it does not appear to actually have park or neutral. It is up on jackstands and when I start it at park or neutral, it powers the wheels, likewise all the way to R where it does in fact move into reverse. The Dynaflow was rebuilt several years ago and has basically no miles on it since rebuild. So, I would think it would be something with the linkage. I tried adjusting the length of the rod that connects to the shift arm, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. Any ideas?
  8. No, I have not tried to bend them out. I'll try that.
  9. No. I have tried every set of clips I can find, but nothing seems to work which is strange since the wheels clearly have slots for clips.
  10. Update: we checked the generator and it was in fact wired wrong. The ground wire that is supposed to go from the generator to the ground on the side of the box was going to the middle terminal on the voltage regulator labeled GEN. So we fixed that. Then, we tried again. Same noise. But it looked like the starter was properly disengaged and stayed disengaged. It turns out it was the transmission linkage. Once I shifted it, the engine ran smooth as silk. Apparently the park/neutral safety feature is not working either because it will start in drive. Thank goodness I had it on jackstands. But it purrs along nicely in drive and will shift to reverse. However, I can’t get it to shift all the way over to neutral or park. So I assume I need to adjust it. Or maybe the shifter is in park or neutral but for some reason power is still being sent to the wheels. The transmission was rebuilt some years ago but like the engine has never really been driven. Any hints at that would be appreciated. But that will be another challenge for another day. But it was great to hear it run!
  11. Sorry I have so many questions. The 53 Buick I bought came with full wheel hubcaps that I don’t care for. However, the wheels have the slots for clips for poverty caps (no clips were present). So I found some cool poverty caps on eBay that the seller said would fit a 53 and bought some clips from Bob’s. However they didn’t work. Then, the seller of the hubcaps said I had “motor wheel” wheels and needed those clips. So I found what another seller said were motor wheel clips. However, they don’t seem to work either. Thoughts?
  12. Haven't had a chance to try this yet. I got the new Ballast Resistor installed and the starter reinstalled, but haven't had time to try these suggestions. Hope to in the next couple of days. Thanks for all the help.
  13. Ok. update. I pulled the starter and the teeth look fine. So I guess my theory was wrong. So I guess it is back to the drawing board figuring out the noise. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cARW_W6OCDHz7VcaUE-gGvhjA7lDTqI6/view?usp=drivesdk It sounded great at idle until I revved the engine and then it started making a loud noise. I cut it off and when I restarted it, it kept making the loud noise so I cut it off again. Not sure what the noise is now. Going to try checking wiring as you guys suggest. I would be fine with going to push button start but would the current starter still disengage properly without that mechanism? thanks for all the help. Hope to have her back on the road soon!
  14. With some great troubleshooting help from you guys with yesterday’s wiring issue, the nailhead started and ran well for the first time in years at least at idle. This video shows it running well. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PMCxgEp1y1nUriiZaiFj5h5ztYyyESUs/view?usp=drivesdk However, when I went to rev the engine, I believe the starter tried to re-engage the running motor and likely shedded the starter (hopefully not the flywheel). I didn’t get that rather terrible sound on video. I can’t pull the starter until tomorrow to check, but I bet it is trashed. I had cut off the engine when it made that sound, but I restarted the car a second time to see if it would idle well again and the noise started immediately before I revved the gas so I cut it off again. I am guessing those teeth were damaged and may not have disengaged upon start the second time. The PO gave me an old starter at purchase that had the teeth sheared off as well so I suspect this happened before. From my very limited understanding, the vacuum at the mechanism by the carb should somehow stop this from happening when the gas pedal is pressed on a running engine but the whole gas pedal engaging the starter is very new to me (and so far, I am not the biggest fan). Can someone help me understand what might be happening here and how to fix it? thank you,
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