Bill Stoneberg
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We are going to try the originals as we have been told they fit. If not, well I have a Summit catalog with a wide choice of wheels.
Here is one side with brake lines run. Used Inline Tubing for the preformed lines. The flex lines are Wilwood from Summit.
Rob has cleaned and retapped everything as he stated
"It’s all the little tedious stuff that makes the world of difference in a proper build (rebuild) vs a “parts swap” cleaning all the threads, polishing the brass distribution block, wire wheeling all the brackets and bolts and painting them all."
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Both sides done, new springs in and brakes and rotors on. Bearings are packed and adjusted. Now to run the lines. No shocks yet, they are on the way.
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Maybe living in Ruritania, women had to be as self-sufficient as men just to survive.You must be a reader....
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I think what will happen is that if you get HOT both the HOT light and the OIL light will come on.
I say that because you will not have any vacuum to break the circuit to the OIL light.
With vacuum the vacuum switch it open so the only way to light the oil light is if the oil pressure switch goes to ground.
But if you dont have vacuum you have a closed switch so if the temperature gets hot and moves the switch from the H side you have voltage running through the vacuum switch and it goes to the OIL light also.
So you have both the Hot light and the OIL light on.
I have had this issue and I have a replacement for the vacuum switch. Once I get mine all back together, we will see if it works.
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Don, Maybe this will help you.
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So do I but the Diamondbacks are no longer built on Toyo tires.
it’s really hard to find Whitewalls any more. I bought Hankooks for my Cadillac but they have skinny whitewalls. They were the only non Coker tire I found.
Don, you might look at Tire Rack and see if they have anything.
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A good blog on installing a rubber seal is here. Lots of good Nailhead info written by Matt Martin.
https://www.nailheadbuick.com/post/rubber-real-main-install
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Rob also had to do some work on his Riviera. Starter went out and while he was there he replaced the Helper shocks there were on the car.
With the starter out, you can see where the block has cracked. A South Texas car all its life. I had the block magna fluxed when I rebuilt the engine. Did they look behind the starter ?
I dont know. Its obviously been leaking a while. Luckily we have a couple of blocks that I have collected to work with. No garage space till the Electra and he Jeep are done though.
For some reason this picture loads upside down. Please either turn your computer upside down or stand on your head to look at this picture. Last I checked water doesn't leak up to the old pan 🙂
A primitive version of a coil over ... Formerly known as a helper spring. Found on the front of a 64 Riviera. Probably from the 1970's.
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So, weather has finally cooperated letting us get the painting done. The whole front end is painted in satin black epoxy and it looks good.
Transmission is back where it belongs clearing up a good chunk of space in the garage.
And the front end is starting to go back together for the final time.
Here is one side with springs, ball joints and control arms on the car. We had to ratchet strap the front end to the winch block to hold the frame down to get the spring compressed.
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Nice weld…and I am glad you are continuing your education.
Love your 4 x 4 Buick. Keep up the good work.
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1 hour ago, TexRiv_63 said:
My 66 Dodge Monaco Wagon has front and rear units and even with that it struggles in true Texas summer.
it doesn’t surprise me, even my modern car has issues in this heat sometimes. Don’t drive during the heat of the day if I can help it.
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Sorry I said alternator when I meant generator in original post. The Powergen is an alternator. I have edited my posts.
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Rare Parts makes a rebuild kit.
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Thinking about this a bit more and a couple of comments.
On a factory AC car, they use a 45 amp GENERATOR versus a non ac car that uses a 30 or 35 amp.
Also the mounting bracket for the GENERATOR is totally different as I found out. On a non AC car, the adjusting bracket is at the top, while AC is below.
just something to think about as I am as we get close to putting my car back together.
I have put a Powergen ALTERNATOR (90 amp) on my car which worked well. I had them build it special so it would support the Generator light and the push gas pedal to start feature. That is how I found out about the different brackets and mounting.
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We got all our parts needed from Fatsco. Mike was very helpful getting the hard parts needed. Phone calls to him filled us full on much needed information.
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I know someone who added a Vintage Air under dash unit to his 55 Buick Wagon and he said it kept him comfortable. I will see if I can find pictures.
i think in a car like ours, as long as you feel cool, air on face and body, the rest of the car can be warm. How often do you take more then 1 other passenger ? We had a discussion about this when designing my A C and to keep the whole cabin cool will take front and back AC units with the amount of glass.-
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So, when we are done, this car will drive like a new car.
Took the drag link apart and rebuilt it. It needed it.
I don’t know how these get worn like this. It wasn’t for lack of grease.
Now for some paint and it will be ready to go on the car.
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Yes on the color.
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Spare, one of those tires will fill the whole damn trunk.....
And BTW, they didn't fit the Mustang they were on either. You could see where the wheel well and sheet metal was torn up.
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Chris, I put my 1980 Cadillac in HPOF at Auburn. You have made a good choice. It’s easy with a car like yours. That will also give you a good chance to look over the other cars once judging is done.
the only disadvantage is HPOF is called toward the end of the award banquet but it goes quickly. Drivers class is after HPOF though.-
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2 hours ago, TexRiv_63 said:
Will that disc setup clear the stock wheels or are you going custom?
Good question Don, I don’t really know yet. The wheels and tires are in storage so we haven’t tested yet.
I actually am thinking about these wheels we saw on a Mustang yesterday… Thoughts ????
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Spent the day working on the front end today. Installing some of the new parts we have collected and mocking things up. I don’t know who puts together the hardware packages for the ball joints but every damn bolt was too short. Had to go buy correct bolts to install them in the control arms.
Pictures below are of the one side we mocked up to make sure the Fatman Spindle will work on my Electra.
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I found a 1980 Coupe De Ville that called my name. Pretty clean car but needs a little work.
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Working on the 60 Electra
in Buick - Post War
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Hard finding the correct sway bar bushings for this car. The one from all the vendors were too large. Rob went to O’Reillys and spent time looking through the paper catalogs and found a set. First picture is the incorrect bushing then what Rob found. Took a little work with a belt sander but not much. Fits well now.