JohnD1956

Nature already gave us a hill holder for automatics. Its your left foot. If that feels unnatural, the parking brake, if it works, may suffice. If the parking brake does not work well chances are this will fix it. 😄

Op has put a notice there already. I added a link back to this thread. Looks like a sweetheart car to me, but I am not in the market for a car like this myself.

Here is a link to the sellers thread on the Buick Pre War page: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/409885-1920-buick/#comment-2641814 See pictures and price information there. To me it looks like a wonderful Buick in great working condition.

Its unlikely a Dynaflow will hold a hill. Tune up rpm is 550. I have bumped mine to 600 but much more results in lurching into reverse.

I almost forgot, do the anchor pin adjustment before any brake adjustment. And always make sure the way is clear before roadtesting new shoes. Very often unburnished shoes feel like they wont stop the car. Can be scary!

Allowing that I misunderstand the manual, I thought each wheel had the brakes backed off. But in answer to your question directly, the parking brake cable should be backed off till slack, then adjust the rear brakes to tight and then backed off per the manual, then tighten the parking brake cable. You won't get all the slack out of the parking brake cable but the parking brakes should hold the car when the pedal is half way down.

I think @195354 's report a few posts ago addresses your Dynaflow hill time concerns. I can only add to his report that my 56 Dynaflow and 322 had zero problems from Cody Wyoming to Bozeman Montana, to Spokane, and across WA and then back to NY.

The primary shoe is the one with the shorter brake lining of the two. The primary goes to the front of the car on both sides. The manual shows that correctly as does Packick's pictures.

Try a google search like this

Expect less off line performance in a 53 vs a 55 vs a 56. Yes, Low can be used as a starter gear. If I understand the manual correctly Low has a separate band in a different ratio than drive and driven more like a PowerGlide trans. Drive in the dynaflow is using fluid pressure in the torque converter to rotate the drive drum. In 55 a second Stator was introduced in the torque converter which gave better off line performance. In 56 the 322 engine was changed for more horsepower turning the torque converter. So better offline performance than 55. Then there is the engine size too. I believe 53 thru 55 the Super had the 264 cu-in engine, where the 53,4 and 5 Roadmaster plus all the 56's, had 322s. Fromo a 56 perspective I can say that off line in Drive is fair for performance. And within 2-3 car lengths it feels just like any other car. Not sluggish and more than adequate, but I am not sure how it would do at the local dragstrip. If that is your biggest concern, best to pass on the 53.

Just noticed traces of red in the rear axle pictures. I have not gone back to review your thread but if you have a Dynaflow this looks like trans fluid in the rear axle. That means two bad seals. One at the trans end of the driveshaft and the one at the rear axle end.

If you can find the space to do the task, can the temp guage be removed from the back of the instrument cluster? It looks like the defroster duct could be removed to get space to do that.

Spot on topic! 😄

What was the median income in 1955 vs 2023/24? I'm sure that $2.25 per head in 2024 is still less expensive than one side salad at a restaurant since 2022🙃

Yep, looks to be conflicting. The information quoted in the other thread appears to be from a factory sales catalog for 61. However, even that catalog indicates the Invictas only had 401's. Since the source quoted here says the engines are the same as in the Invicta model, I still think one needs to know what the 1960 Invicta materials indicate.

I thought the Invictas only had 401s. Since the Electra section says the engines were the same as the Invictas, the answer may be in what the Invicta section indicates.

Still there, although significantly modified.

Let's hope that there is no current connection with any dogs in this aspect....

Looks like your other hobby is wine tasting? 😄

Thats his mistresses place. Picture was taken by a private detective obviously

That is a Super car! Congrats on your purchase! I love the Supers amongst us. How far have you driven it?

I believe the codes used in the top part of your sheet can be found in the specification pages in the factory service manual. Alternately you may find them in the first pages at the lead of each section within the manual.

Your question is clear enough, in my opinion, but it may be that no one on this forum has the direct experience to know the answer. As a moderator, I think this might be a question for the modified section. I will move it there to see if it helps.

Yeah, i saw that after I posted my inquiry.

What makes you think it needs to be rebuilt?