Aaron65
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I got mine from Egge, but I forgot how much I paid for them...they were a lot though. Some advice...even though they're new, I'd disassemble and clean them. I still have one that's a little sticky it seems. My guess is that they sit on the shelf for some time and the machining oil congeals. Also, break them in like you would a new cam...30 minutes at 1500-2000 RPM...they WILL make a ton of noise for nearly 10 minutes as the oiling system slowly pumps them up. Just do your best to not go nuts during that time.
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Threads like this kept me from being an annoying wannabe buyer 2 days ago...I saw one of my two dream cars at a cruise, a silver on silver '63 Riviera...the paint was so so, but it looked solid. It took everything I had to not go up and give the owner an unsolicited offer....BUT, I would HATE if someone approached me and asked to buy my car that didn't have a for sale sign in it. So I let it slide...Probably good, because I have nowhere to put it.
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Pete...show us pictures of the '58! How cool! John, that's a '63 Rambler.
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Definitely go 3 row if you can...they used a factory 2 row core in my Special for about $475 4 years ago, but I wish I would have spent a little to go bigger at that time. It runs nice and cool most of the time, but easing up toward 65-70 MPH for awhile on the freeway, and then getting into stop and go traffic still makes it run a little warm, in the upper range of normal. Even with a Caddy limo 7 bladed fan!
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I'd just give them a call...they're pretty good to deal with on the phone...Sorry about my earlier answer...for some reason I thought you were talking about the door to body seal all the way around the door.
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How bad is it? My '53 has a bit of gear noise when gas is applied that goes away when coasting...did you check the gear oil? These things are famous for having transmission fluid leak through the torque tube, contaminating the gear oil. That's the first place I'd check.
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I'd just buy it by the foot from Bob's Automobilia. I bought my first set from Steele Rubber, and they were nice, but $$$, because they're preformed. I paid about 65 dollars for both doors (from Bob's) on my '53 after it was repainted.
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That's fine...won't hurt the carb at all...I'd personally just carefully disassemble the switch and make sure it's clean. Don't lose any parts and be careful to note how it goes together. There are a few contacts in there that may be dirty. Just clean them up and you should be good to go.
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Here's a similar thread about the adjustment deal...
http://forums.aaca.org/f115/valve-adjustments-newly-rebuild-263-straight-266547.html
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Anything clogged back there can cause the lifter not to pump up. The lifters are fed by the rocker shaft. To replace the lifter, you need to pull the side cover off the engine. Get a new gasket first...I use high tack or something on the cover side of the gasket for easy removal later, if necessary. There should be some threads on here about valve adjustment when it comes to that...if everything is that gummed up, you may end up pulling that lifter to clean it out anyway. If you end up replacing one, break it in like you would a new cam. I'd be pulling off that rocker shaft next and cleaning everything.
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Do yourself a favor and get a shotgun cleaning kit...the brushes fit right through the rocker shaft assembly. AND make sure to remove all the rocker arms and clean out ALL the passages...they will be gummed up. You will most likely find an inch of sludge in the bottom of your oil pan near the drain plug. Clean out the oil pump pickup too. I can almost guarantee nobody has done this since that car was new!
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There seem to be so few stock Dueces out there...it would be a shame to see this one as another belly button hot rod. I'd try to sell it on this board first, since it would at least have a fighting chance of staying in its current form.
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Wow! I really like that bodystyle actually...20 miles!
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Oh yeah, I drove my Corvair to the Chevy dealer when the new Camaro came out. The saleslady asked what year my Mustang was!!!
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When I drive my Riv, I get asked "Is that an Impala?" or "You got a 350 in that thing ??"
Ding ding ding! This, in my opinion, is the standard question that alerts a car owner that the person s/he is talking to knows nothing about cars...unless you're driving a Chevrolet! You got a 350 in that?
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I'm going...my cars will never be invited, but I'll show up anyway.
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How fun! I'd love to have a Model T, but it'll have to get in line behind all the other cars I want...
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Todd, right now I'm seeing that in the local school system. In their "budget crunch" they have eliminated most of the vocational training classes. Their justification? They see their mission as preparing kids for big-name four year schools.
The current deputy superintendent was a guidance counselor way back in the Stone Age when I was in high school. When they announced the cuts I asked him if he considered vocational training essential to keeping modern life running smoothly, since we have to have mechanics, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians et al to accomplish that.
All I got was a deer in the headlights look. The guy had simply not stopped to consider anything like that.
The neighboring counties all have specialized Vo-Tech high schools in addition to the regular high schools, and the local community colleges and tech schools will all tell you students from this school system are usually at least a year behind students from the other schools in the skilled trades curriculums.
But hey, they had a kid get accepted to Harvard a couple years back, and I thought they were going to wet their pants. Never mind that kid couldn't change a light switch, but he'll make enough money with his Harvard education to pay someone to do it. Most likely a classmate he considered downscale and trash.
I'm a high school teacher, and I totally agree...luckily, our school works with a very good Intermediate School District with lots of vocational ed programs, but it sure isn't pushed in schools anymore. The days of 4 sections of auto shop like when my father-in-law was in school are over, unfortunately.
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I made a fuel return like the one you described on my '53 Buick. Jon the Carbking told me about it on the phone one day...it helps out quite a bit. A little tweaking with float levels and jetting and I could probably get it to start right up hot on a hot day. I returned the line to the filler neck rather than drop the tank.
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David, I'd personally like a little more info on that idle channel enlargement...my Skylark has an AFB and I'm in Ethanol country, like most of us.
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A spline seal is not used on 57's, so the kit will have all you need.
Willie
Interesting...Do you know why they stopped using it?
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This is from memory...I was 6 when my Dad bought an '83 LeSabre with a 307. Long story short, it had a defective engine which was replaced in 1985. I was a car-dork even then, and remember researching that the new engine would have had roller lifters. I would double check this statement as the research was done by an 8 year old.
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The ebay kit you linked us to has the torque tube seal and the vulcanized torque ball seal kit. It does not has the prop shaft spline seal...you'd have to get that one part separately.
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That will come with your torque ball seal kit (it was pictured in the one you linked us to).
1946-50,51,52 BUICK NOS PROP SHAFT SPLINE OIL SEAL KIT | eBay
This is like the other one you'll need (but it's for the wrong year, obviously). I got mine from Bob's Automobilia...
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Personally, I don't see that it could hurt. You may want to try collapsing the plungers while they're sitting in there to make sure they're getting full.