PONTIAC1953

I have reported sellers who commit fraud in their description of a bogus cheap copy of a valued car accessory, and Feebay people do nothing to stop the fraudulent listing practices.

the 1956 Oldsmobile 16 spline rear axle shafts and side gears should arrive friday, I've learned that the 1952 and older 10 spline Olds side gears (same as what my 1953 10 spline Pontiac carrier has) and the side gears for Olds 53-56 16 spline carrier are the same except for the number of splines, why Pontiac didn't change to 16 spline in 1953 I'll never know, as I stated earlier, I want to ensure the 1953-54 Pontiac carrier is strong enough to handle the horsepower and torque of a 320-325 horse powered 389 V8, so I want increase the number of splines where the carrier turns the rear axles.

Ebay used to be a decent place to sell, but with all the fees they have created and put into place, I will never sell on feebay again, as a buyer, it's even worse, with all the non related items showing up for what you're searching for, I've just about have quit buying on feebay anymore, feebay now owns Paypal too.

I do believe the size of the 9.3 housing in the center rear would hit the front of the Pontiac's fuel tank.

That would be nice, but can't be done for $175.00

well I'm going with the 692 cfm rochester 4jet carb, Pontiac's 886 camshaft, rhoads lifters, sending the 59 389 heads out to be machined for screw in rocker arm studs, changing the head/valve oiling to pushrod oiling and rockers with oiling spit holes, new cam bearings to stop original oiling up through the block and head oiling passages, dual idler gear drive for the camshaft, Pontiac 287 distributor with dual points conversion and high performance ignition coil, B&M Hydro Stick Hydra-Matic transmission, and the above mentioned rear end improvements.

Have been giving some thoughts about if the Pontiac's original 10 spline rear axles and spider gears would last with the increase torque and horsepower of a four barrel fed high compression 389 V8, not wanting to find out the hard way, learned that although Pontiac & Oldsmobile shared the same rear end, Oldsmobile upgraded their rear ends in 1954, increasing the number of splines on the rear axles and spider gears, from 10 to 16, making the rear end 60% stronger than the 1953 and older rear ends, my friend Jim bought my spare 1954 Pontiac rear end, having 3.23 gear ratio, a couple of years ago, that's the desired ratio I want for my rear end, currently still have the original 3.08, so we're going to trade, and the 3.08 will go in Jim's 1953 Chieftain still powered with the 268 straight eight engine. In a 1955 Oldsmobile facebook group, a new friend Kevin is parting out a half-dozen 54-56 Oldsmobiles, he's selling me a pair of 1956 Olds 16 spline axles and spider gears for my rear end modification, the 56 axles and gears only cost me $175.00 shipping cost included. I'm a Happy Camper.

your needed throttle rod is 1957 only, without fuel injection only, p/n 524100

did you install an Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic Drive flat pan with the filler tube and dipstick ?

should be Type F atf fluid, only Lincolns that were equipped with GM's Hydra-Matic Drive would have used Type A then, A has been superseded with Dexron III.

the Straight Eight insulator gasket for the WCD carburetor was 5 regular base gaskets stapled together.

well I used a glass jar Marvel Mystery Oil oiler on my 455 V8 powered 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix, to lubricate the valves and upper cylinders, for my 389 V8 powered 1953 Pontiac Chieftain Custom Catalina, I found and bought this still new MMO oiler that is a metal tank, believe what you want about top engine oilers, I'm quite comfortable having a MMO oiler to lubricate the upper portion of the engine.

you might have said the first turbocharged V8, don't forget the 1962 Chevy Corvair Monza Spyder with it's turbocharged flat air cooled 6.

Finished modifying the new lever, have 2 bolts securing the the new lever to the carburetor's lever, just need to get matching bolts and nuts.

I'm almost finished adapting the new throttle lever to the 65 Olds throttle lever, still have one more hole to drill, so that the new lever is secured to the Oldsmobile lever with two bolts.

well I found out yesterday, that the 1956 Oldsmobile rear axles have either 15 or 16 splines as do the spider gears in the carrier do, possible the 54-55 Oldsmobile rear ends have also, no one here with those years Oldsmobiles has ever replied to let me know.

if the dipstick is still reading above full, you need to shut engine off and drain some ATF fluid.

you need to start the engine and let the transmission's front pump fill up the torque converter, keep the engine running and keep checking the level showing on the dipstick and add more until it reads full.

I'm finished with the metal removing on the throttle lever, all that's needed is to drill two small holes to attach it to the 65 Oldsmobile throttle lever.

Used my craftsman rotary tool with small wire brush attachment, to clean up the mounting surface and butterflies.

here's the throttle lever after I grind off the weld attaching it to the bearing and shaft assembly, now I'll need to drill one small hole in both it and the 65 Oldsmobile lever so i can mount and secure it to the 4jet carburetor.

I watched the video, it didn't make it back all the way to the buyer's home without breaking down. Hopefully there will be a second video after the repairs were made.

The rear pump was dropped in 1959.

well it makes me wonder, this GM United Service Manual says Strato Flight