old-tank
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Yesterday was spent at Mt Rushmore, Crazy horse and lots of twisting mountain roads...met Bill at Hot Springs SD and after dinner and some brews we sat on a bench in front of the motel and watched the sun go down while taking in the mountain atmophere. It just doesn't get any better. Today we ended up in Pueblo CO ~450miles (plenty for and old fart). Tomorrow Lubbock TX and then home. Car is running great, with no new issues...sorry to disappoint since calamities make better reading. 4400 miles so far and 900 to go.
Willie
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Mike
Happy b-day...now finally you are no better than I am since you joined the old fart ranks.
Willie
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Fixed the pump, but only made 300 miles to Buffalo WY due to heat and high elevations (vapor lock again). Bill is 30 minutes (60 miles) farther west.
On to Mt Rushmore and then charge on home.
Willie
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We pulled in Bozeman an hour after Bill and as I was pulling into the motel parking lot a nasty rumbling/grinding was coming from the front of the engine. After removing belts one at a time to isolate, it turned out to be the water pump bearing. Bill helped disassemble, but it got dark before we could put it together. 30 minutes more and it should be running if that rebuilt pump I have carried for the last 6 years is any good.
The idler pulley bearing on the A/C is rough too but should hold up if I keep the A/c turned on where it is out of the system. Stay tuned...
Willie
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We also ended upin Moses Lake. Only car trouble is a missing gas cap that an Oregon attendant forgot to replace, and the wiper motor quit completley...there were none at the swap meet, so it will be RainX the rest of the way home. Since we have aleady seen Yellowstone, will head for Mt Rushmore and then south.
Great trip, great meet and great people!...it was a treat to finally me some forum folks.
Willie
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I hope Bill is in a better humor tonight when I get to talk to him. The worst leg ot the trip was across the high desert (100*+) south of Provo UT where we stayed last night. Anyhow we have made 2000 miles to the Oregon border and have about 500 to go. we are averaging 500 miles a day...mileage has been 15-18 mpg with the best in the mountains (go figure). Very good traveling today compared to the last 2. the 55 runs well in hot weather and in high altitudes, but not at the same time. Vapor lock! There is no way to duplicate those conditions back home...I have an electric fuel pump that treats the symptoms but is not the cure. I also discovered that vacuum wipers do not work as well in high altitudes. It should be 2 more easy days of traveling to include some touristy stuff.
Is there gonna be some facilities or links to a place to change oil and service the beast for the trip home?
Willie
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Originally Posted By: Bill Stoneberg
I told Willie I would buy hime one of the 72 oz steaks for dinner tomorrow.
That'll almost double his weight
Mike </div></div>
Not to worry he didn't buy it.
anyhow we did 600 miles un 10.5 hours ended up in Amarillo TX....drove thru 100 miles if 'car wash' rain, but still the trip was less stressful: no I35, no Austin, no big ciy traffic., no 18-wheelers.
Later, Willie
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It's nearly 7:30 am and we are "off like a herd of turtles"...looks like we will be driving in rain for the first 200 miles. Later...
Willie
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Bill
You know my feelings: drive it! Every year we get closer to the last year we will have that opportunity, whether due to fuel prices and availability or health and age.
As you know even new parts, rebuilt parts or closely inspected parts can fail. You are still too young to be a worrier. Ask your passengers if they can deal with all imaginable "what if's" and then take it for a 50-100 mile ride tonight.
Willie
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I sent a private message...
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Soooooooooooooooo?????? Did it leave you speechless or what. Can't believe not a single reply. I at least expected some comment about the Chevy engine. </div></div>
Too busy getting my ride ready for the charge to Seattle. So, what are you driving??
Willie
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Kevin
Gates 7555 p/s
Gates 7530 gen
55 Buick Century
both are notched on the pully side for noise control but can be used to reference a possible slick one
Willie
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Where is the car?
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Looks like non-hydraulic adjustable lifters with matching but non stock push rods. I would like to see the rockers and these parts when removed.
Willie
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The one in the avatar...
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Either 1956 lifters (which will work if you use the shorter 56 pushrod) were installed or generic shims were installed under the outter valve spring, which covered the recess that the inner spring sits in. Both will result in binding causing bend pushrods, broken rockers and rocker shafts and and a bent cam.
Willie
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You probably saw a lot of Buicks, but could not identify since they look like all the other jelly beans on the road.
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Kevin
Thanks for sharing the difference with the transmission cross member...learned something today.
On the shims I leave them out unless there is a space to install them easily.
Willie
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Don't get one from CARS unless that is the only way to get a core to get it done right at Steele or Bob's Automobilia.
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Save a spot for me
Willie
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A check list for you:
1. with the engine off be sure the accelerator pump is actually working while looking down the carb
2. check the metering rod adjustment again and with the engine running and the cover over the metering rods off rev the engine to be sure they pull up out of the jets
3. be sure the gasket between the mid and lower sections is installed correctly...it will go on two ways and one is wrong
4. check the float level
5. check the timing and operation of the vacuum advance
Willie
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Lamar
No seals. The original seal is designed to be replaced with the rear and torque tube in the car. The last seal I replaced was one matched to the housing and sealing surface of the pinion nut and installed from the front of the housing.
Willie
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Drill and tap for 1/4-20 short bolt. It should swap as is, but to do it right it should be disassembled for inspection and to replace the pinion seal. If the pinion seal is leaking you will get rear end oil in the torque tube and if transmission fluid get it the torque tube it will get into the rear before you can drain it.
Willie
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A guess: 3.36 gears probably from late '55 (47÷14=3.357). To make it work you would need the rare 55 only pinion bearings...best to have the original housing and shims.
If noisy use heavier oil
Willie
55 manual help now
in Buick - General
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Thanks Lamar
I got it jumped, modified and rigged to start and run with all accessories....another reason to have friends on the forum.
Willie