Larry Schramm

This is a three year old post less two months.

I understand viscosity and how it is measured, but the question is there an arbitrary standard for comparison like water? Is the oil placed at a specified temp for flow and that flow compared to ____what___?

With what Lebowski said that he has the problem only on the right front wheel and he has tried different wheel covers on that wheel, it would appear to be an issue of the rim/wheel flexing.. Just my opinion from the items tried.

Does 0 viscosity oil have the same viscosity as water?

My parents also had a Buick Sport Wagon 400. My Dad ordered it special with the 400 engine, heavy duty cooling and every other option because he used it to pull a travel trailer. Ran well until about 96,000 miles when it developed a rod knock and the oil was changed every 3,000 miles.

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The first Model T vehicles were being assembled in Great Britian starting in October 1911 at the Trafford Park Factory near Manchester.

When you post the pix, post under the Photo & Video, "What is it" discussion

Kelsey Hayes. Also just a thought is what is the alignment? Especially the caster on your car? If there is not enough caster it can cause the condition that you are talking about. I think an out of round rim would be more to a vibration than a shudder.

Was there a car called a Michigan that was huge?

I like my Buick trucks

Barn Car, That is a very interesting question. The first place to stop is your state department of motor vehicles and see what they say for their process. There are companies that will for a fee try to get you a title, but best bet is your local dmv. Here is a link to a previous discussion on this topic. http://forums.aaca.org/f169/title-info-all-50-states-here-299642.html

Mike, That is a great idea!

BarnCar, I agree with MCHinson. Depending on your experience, getting some additional experienced opinions would be a great help. I have been working on cars for almost 50 years and I still have a friend or two come look at iron with me for a reality check if I am not absolutely sure.

Barn Car, Welcome to the forum. The first thing that comes to mind is how much money do you have and how much do you want to/ can do yourself? Also what kind of motor do you want to put in? To put motor and seats in the car could be anywhere between $500.00 (used engine from you pull it) to $25,000.00+++ depending on what you want, how much you want to spend and you can do yourself. It usually not the "motor" that will get to you, but everything else. Things like does the car have a radiator, wiring that will fit the motor, need drive line changes, transmission that mates to the engine, electrical "stuff", mechanical "stuff", and the list goes on. Just my thoughts & experience.

Is there a transducer usually on the left fender that has two speedometer cables going in and out of it? There is usually an electrical connector at the top and a couple of vacuum hoses. Follow the vacuum hose from the servo (the thing with the chain) and see where it goes. If you post a pix of the underhood, could help more.

And control arm bushings. Just take the front end pieces off and use a hydraulic press to put the parts on and off. Make life easy like RansomEli says.

My first guess would be a truck.

Here is a thought... maybe. Is it maybe a tester to see what kind of resistance there might be in the spark plug circuit? If you put an ohm meter on the ends of both wires and change the dial does the resistance change? If you were to hook up the tester in series with each spark plug individually and turn the dial until the car started to miss you would see where there is a difference in voltage/current required to jump the sparkplug until it would miss. This might make sense since the body of the tester is a bakelite material that is used as an isulation mater in the 1950's and back..... just a thought.

Believe it or not, depending on the "mini-bike" it can be made street legal. I have been told that if I put a horn on our Honda Mini-trail, it would be street legal. Does not mean I would ride on the street or let anyone else, but technically it would be. Just not allowed on the expressway.

Roger, I continue to be speechless on your skill level and detail. It is so beyond my abilities that all I can say is you are a true artist. Also, Merry Christmas.

Look, The problem with Saab was volume versus the price a willing consumer would pay. It is as simple as that. GM spent a ton to try to make Saab viable in the marketplace but positioned it in the middle of the north american market where every other manufacturer was competing. To put it in perspective the last year that GM made the Astro/Safari vans in I think 2004/5 GM made and sold more vans on 20 year old tooling than they sold Saab automobiles in NA over 4 different product lines, and that was with GM spending milliions of dollars in advertising,support, etc to try to keep the brand viable. If 1/4 of that money had been spent on the "M/L" vans GM would be making a lot more money on that product.

I believe both cars are in the Ransom E. Olds museum in Lansing. Vehicle Showcase | R.E. Olds Transportation Museum

\Had this forwarded on to me and thought you might enjoy. I have been there and it is a fascinating place to see. Should go if you get a chance. The link below is a 15-minute slideshow of vehicles at the GM Heritage Museum (Sterling Hts, MI) with some Credence Clearwater Revival (CCR) music to entertain. Photos were taken October 1, 2011. This was a special group tour of the Heritage Collection.This collection is not open to view to the individual public. Absolutely gorgeous collection of vehicles and engines ...few finer collections if any. The GM North American Heritage Collection is made up of approximately 600 cars and trucks. Many reflect GM's industry firsts, like the first electric self-starter, used on the 1912 Cadillac, the first production V8 that powered the 1915 Cadillac, and the first air bag, found on 1974 Buick, Cadillac, and Oldsmobile models. Others are technological experiments like the first American gas turbine-powered car, Firebird 1, or the world's first hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle, the 1966 Electro-van. Concept cars and special-interest styling/performance one-offs are part of the mix, along with significant race cars and milestone production vehicles such as the first production 1966 Olds Toronado featuring General Motors' front-wheel drive. The GM Heritage Collection is ever-changing. New vehicles are constantly being obtained to fully represent GM's product story of the past 100+ years

Are the Honda mini-trails from the late 60's-early 70's in a particular class?