Aaron65

Does one have to register to be a spectator? I don't want to show any of my cars, just look at the rest. I'll bring one of them though...

Mine is a 7-90A or B (I'm going from memory at this point). It's stamped on the lid near the airhorn...

I'm 30, but my memories are of my no exhaust '65 Mustang my Mom gave me when I was 11 (total rust bucket then--still have it, and I've put 72,000 miles on it since then). I was changing oil and tires on it when I was 12. I learned rudimentary metal fabrication when I was 14...I also listened to the AM oldies station at that age. Now I have 4 old cars and a 1920s house and bicycles from the 1960s. I guess I'm a little out of place in my time, like most of us here...

I'm jealous of both of you right now.

I also questioned the Toronado over the '66 Riviera...Don't get me wrong, I think Toros are great-looking cars and I'd love to own one, but the Riv really is a beautiful car...they should have just classified the Riv under '63-'67.

When I got the issue, I questioned the Nissan 300ZX and the BMW 3.0...nice looking cars, but top 25?

If I'm not mistaken, wouldn't this be a Dynaflow car? In that case, you remove the inspection cover for the flywheel. There are 3 bolts that hold the flywheel to the torque converter. If you remove the little plate behind the inspection cover that has 4 bolts, you can have access to the back of the bolt so you can remove the flywheel to torque converter nuts. To disconnect the bellhousing from the engine, there should be 6 bolts (there were on my '53, but it's a 263). The two toward the top were hard to get; I used a ratcheting and swiveling box end wrench. Good luck...these are all for a '53 263...if there are differences with a '49 320, somebody please correct me.

I LOVE Rivs...the fact that I don't own one is a crime. However, I saw the concept in person today, and I hated it. NEXT!

There are several places to send them out for repair...I got mine at Bob's Automobilia...I think there may be one at the Buick Farm, but it may have been for a straight 8...

It seems like the car I most want to own but have never been in the right place or time to was a '63 Riviera, preferably in silver with a silver interior. Except for that one, I loooooove my '53 Special. I've had a strange attraction to early '50s Buicks since I first visited Sloan Museum when I was about 11 or 12. I just love the smell of them (kind of weird).

My '65 Corvair! Maybe my uncle's John Deere 730 with a hand clutch...

I've had pretty good luck with Egge...but you could also try Kanter or Terrill Machine in Texas. Egge is right in California...

Thank you for the perspective, Joe. One more question for you...I did not have a numerical gauge on the car before, and just went by the dashboard gauge for comparison between pre and post rebuild. Is it possible that the amount of crud and sludge in the oil passages of the engine was causing an erroneously high reading, and now that the engine is clean and it's reading about the same or even a little lower, it's really higher? Just a thought I was curious about...

Joe, After comparing my cylinder head fitting with a picture of an original, it seems like I do not have an original cylinder head fitting...I just ordered 2 from the Buick Farm (one for a spare)...maybe that will help my oil pressure...I cleaned up and installed a good used rocker shaft and pressure went up to about 9.5psi at hot idle...if this fitting brings it to 11 or 12 I'll be happy.

I will 2nd turquoise...I just repainted mine when it was rebuilt...

Hi Old Guy, Same fitting in the head...They turned the shaft around to let the rockers ride on a new surface and cleaned up the rockers...apparently that's where the oil's bleeding past. Did you get my email about buying your extra rocker shaft?

Looks like the rocker shaft is bleeding too much oil by it...they cleaned up the rocker shaft and they left too much clearance or something...more to come!

I wasn't able to chack warming up, but hot (guessing, because my gauge was under the hood) I'd say about 27 lbs...which is low according to the manual.

Hello, I just had my 263 straight 8 rebuilt by my local machine shop…I’ve broken it in and have driven it about 75 miles or so. The hot idle oil pressure is low. Here’s what I’ve done. I drove it 30 miles today, went out and got a mechanical oil pressure gauge and hooked it right to the threaded area in the block where oil pressure is normally taken. I started it up and it had 17 lbs. of pressure at idle after sitting about 90 minutes. I drove another 20 miles and it had 7 lbs. At this point, winging the motor (not to redline or anything) in neutral brought the oil pressure to about 37 lbs. When I started it before the ride (not with a cold engine, mind you) it had 42 psi…My machinist, when I asked him, told me the mains, rods, and cam bearings all had between .0015 and .002 clearance. This doesn’t seem loose enough to have this low of oil pressure. The oil pump was not changed, as it was in excellent shape. I am running 30wt Brad Penn Break-in oil at this time. My machine shop will stand behind their work, but I’m wondering if there’s anything I’m missing…plus I’d rather not yank that big thing out of there again (although, of course, I will if it comes down to that)…any ideas? Thanks for any help…

Email sent! Thank you!

Looking for the rocker arm adjuster screw and ball for my 263 Dynaflow...a pushrod broke and chewed one up...My machinist is using a solid one and drilling it out, but recommended finding an original and throwing it in when I could. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! Aaron

Derek, this is the reason I try not to pick up the Auto Trader anymore...too many cars that I don't necessarily want and really don't need!!! This week--a '47 Nash 600 coupe with 59,000 miles and a '66 Corvair 110 4 speed coupe with 60,000 miles...

Try ebay...also, try the V8buick.com classifieds. Nobody makes an aftermarket manifold for 300s...

Hey Jim, You own two of my favorite cars. At this time I'm actually deciding which one I want to buy next!

Where is it leaking from...almost all of them leak somewhere...how much fluid is leaking?