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    Buick Clutch Replacement in 1924 - How Much?

    in Buick - Pre War

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    7 hours ago, Morgan Wright said:

    35 cents an hour times 20 hours is $7.00. I could have done the job in 15 hours.

     

    Morgan, I'm sure you could..........but mechanics like high numbers in the flat rate book. But back then, even the dealership garage floor was probably just dirt, jack stands, and a bare bulb with an outhouse out back. 😀

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    Great day for a car ride in the country

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by edinmass (see edit history)

    I find it interesting that the 34 Buick with the crappy Marvel carb doesn’t hot soak, but the 36 Packard dumps fuel like the Exon Valdez………..? Benefits of updraft!

     


    I find it interesting that you finally have the car sorted after three years…….shouldn't be too difficult, it’s just an old car. Great example why cars are so expensive today. Parts cost was almost zero…….labor time, almost unlimited. How many hours do you, as trained engineer from a top school; have in it?

     

    Whats up with the white walls? Smoking dope again? 🤔
     

     

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    Another coolant controversy comes this way

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    Interesting subject. In my home up north, I run "old green" and down here in Florida I run cutting oil. That said, I replaced an Auburn head with a new one in 2015, in 2017 the new head rotted out and needed to be replaced.........since there were multiple people making them, I went to a different supplier, and the head has ben fine since with old green. I put a spare head on the shelf. As far as the Packard 12 covers.....if you have a car, buy one for the shelf. Don't assume it will always be available. I have two in stock for our cars. Parts that were easily available are now running out and not being made again.........smart move is to inventory what you need for the next 30 years. 

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    1932 Buick

    in Buick - Pre War

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    Be sure to install the electric pump correctly. Do NOT hook it up to the ignition switch or circuit. Also, use a low pressure Carter pump that is 6 volts, and install a GOOD pressure regulator to bring it down to 1 1/2 psi. I usually install a gauge on the regulator so I can adjust it on the side of the road with confidence. 

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    '22 Stanley, Ross Gear steering box information needed

    in Technical

    Posted · Edited by edinmass (see edit history)

    It’s normal on almost all closed cars to have to drop the box out the bottom…….so it’s  a four post lift or some very tall jack stands. The reason I said pull it first before you do adjustments…….we did steering boxes as a specialty……even made one once. I have found most every car that has sat as a barn find or in a garage for decades has a dry box……and many get driven dry for years damaging the races or bushings. Simply, after 50-100 years, every box need to come out and be inspected on a bench. And like most things in this world, if it was easy it would have been done already. In my last three early cars we didn’t even try steering them with a tow rope……just took the boxes out and did them as PM. 

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