Dandy Dave

This has been kicking around on my shelf for a while. Someone out there needs it. Part number is 22029595. Genuine GM- Delco with the box. Fits 1978-1984. $150 shipping included. PM me if interested. Located in Copake, NY. 518-965-1162 if you want to talk. I DON"T TEXT. Voice only. Dave.

My opinion is that it is starving for oil. On some early engines the oil pump needs to be primed. Your Idea of putting a larger line to feed it, and a check valve sounds like an good idea to me. I assume that this engine does not have any type of flow gauge or oil pressure gauge at all. Without that you have no way of knowing if the oil is moving at all. I would use a gravity drop check valve that matches your line size. I also think that your pistons have been replaced at some point. The expandable oil ring is a dead give-away as it had not been invented yet. Doubling up piston rings is not a big deal and I have seen that in early engines before. It was common to do this when the wider rings were not available. As far as honing it. Use what ever you have on hand. A ball stone hone will do the job faster. A three stone hone will take longer. I use brake clean to wash the stones off from time to time while honing. The stones cut better when they are clean.

Is it a right hand drive car? 😁

Yeah, Tell me about it. My old Chevy Suburban's don't fit well into the parking spaces either. Just a gas guzzling dinosaur still roaming the earth when the weather is right. 🦖

Ouch. I hate it when that happens. 😮

I can rewire a Model A Ford in about 6 Hours. The 1930 Rolls Royce I did last year was 123 and 1/2 hours as it is way more complex. The two I'm working on now will fall somewhere in the middle or less for time.

Your a little short now. Add just shy of $500 for the Olds. The 53 Buick Super rag top I'm working on is way more.

If I was out there on the west coast, and in your neighborhood, I'd be right there with you Jack. It isn't any worse than some old rusty relics I've worked on and made run again. When I was in my early teens I pulled a few apart that never got back together as I was a kid with big dreams and little money to realize them. That still happens to young folks today. I suppose that is why there are unfinished projects on the market all the time. I, like you, will keep on pecking away at the projects until the end of this round on this earth. Afterall, it is not a race, but a hobby folks like you and I enjoy. If some are unfinished at the end it will be no big deal as we had fun doing it. Our heirs will either finish them or find someone that will. At that point it won't really matter. I suppose some will be listed as unfinished projects.

More photos of the harness installation.

Wiring harness being installed in between other stuff. Got it out of the box this afternoon. Rhode Island wiring does a real nice job on the new harnesses they make. The wiring diagrams are large and easy to read.

Progress yesterday. New signal harness soldered to the switch and installed along with the horn wire inside of the steering column. I fished a wire up though the column. I then used string tied to the 6 flat connectors to pull each one through one at a time, Longest one first to shortest. Hooked the mechanics wire to the string and pulled those though first. Took a bit to get the connectors aimed the right way to slide through. Shop table with new harness sets yet to be installed.

After a long northeast winter and a lot of set backs caused by things out of my control I'm finally back on this 53. Got the new wiring harness, which took quite a long time to get back, out of the box and on a shop table. In the box it looked like every color of spaghetti you could think of. Thinking of starting under the dash and steering column and working outward. Hmmm... Wednesday is prince spaghetti day.

My 1915 C-36 Buick gets about 14 MPG.

Thanks, Never did get no number A fer spellin or grammer. 🤓🙃😬

Intrical. Stupid spell check needs to be checked sometimes. I corrected it. The exhaust manifold and head are cast together unlike a separate bolt on type manifold.