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I have the matching Bonneville water bag.

"Great Caesar's Ghost!. Is there no editor to check these reporters?"

At 15 you are looking into the future to around 2110. Think about it. I was 15 in 1963 and here we are in 2024. Being a car mechanic has been my hobby and I never had a career in it. I worked in a career for over 50 years that I never was exposed to or dreamed of when I was 15. I have operated power plants and building system all my working life. At 15 I wanted to become an English teacher. In my 30's and 40's I became a teacher, two nights a week teaching adults how to operate power plants and buildings. Exposure to the greater world may change your interests as well. It is natural. Whichever direction things take there is one important document to demonstrate your value to a potential employer. Create a "Skills List". Two columns listing the skill and your personal experience. Make it more than one page but less than two so you are not handing a burden to read. Evaluate it every six months or annually, whatever you feel comfortable with. Over times some skills can be grouped to keep the size in check. Handing a resume to a person tasks them with sifting through to figure out what you can do for them. The Skills List does that for them. Right out of the gate you made it easy for them. Remember this question: "How will you evaluate my performance on this job?". It is rare to find a satisfactory answer. Some of the replies are laughable. If asked "When can you start?" the most frequent answer is "In two weeks. I have some things I need to do." I learned to look at the clock and say "There is enough time for me to get six hours in today. Would that be OK?" It shocks them. They usually can't process you that quickly but it sure makes you look good. Going into the working world is competitive at the highest level. You will meet resistance and threaten others. You are a a good age to read The Prince by Machiavelli. It is a 500 year old book that will give you great and timely advice about what you are up against: https://apeiron.iulm.it/retrieve/handle/10808/4129/46589/Machiavelli%2C The Prince.pdf The workplace really does consist of little kingdoms. And you will be both liked and hated. Even in the 22nd century. None of what I wrote answers your question

When you disassemble your pump you may find the impeller seized. We just went through a later Cadillac convertible that had a non-functioning top. Someone had tried pushing the switch many times and damaged the motor windings in the process. You don't know if that may have happened to yours at some point. Use an Ohmmeter to check the windings and the armature. It is rare to find a motor rebuilder who will do that. The recent Cadillac has new pump and motor assemblies available. Years ago I serviced a '47 Cadillac, similar to your components. It was very slow. A pump rebuilder blamed the motor. The motor rebuilder blamed the pump. The owner showed me another hydraulic window system as an example of how fast things should work. I took the pump and motor apart and found an Ohmic inconsistency in the armature windings. He sided with the "professionals" but finally gave in to my diagnosis of a bad armature. We found a NOS one. When he tested it the window went up so fast in startled him. I won. So many older owners of older convertible neglect the need to cycle the top system. They go decades with them left up and latched. When they decide to sell their assumed functioning "high dollar" car they find a couple of thousand dollars in hydraulic top repair, sometimes when the potential buyer is pushing the switch and burning out their motor (electric seats are not exempt either). All those joints and sliders that have not moved in ages can tax and old motor. I have also bought cylinders from Susan Baker and recommend her. Top cylinders are not the highest tech, just a tube rolled around an O-ring. You need to lubricate all the joints in the top and window mechanisms to get the best service from them.

And if you get the right vendor he may adjust the receipt to reduce the sales tax. Didn't Erskine Caldwell write a book about maintaining Model T Fords?

I have access to the best notary public money can buy. I am sure the proper paper trail can be established.

Thank you for the recognition. Looks like MSN is retreading articles: https://tork.buzz/classics/James-Garners-Dream-Ride-A-Look-Back-at-the-Iconic-38-Buick-from-The-Americanization-of-Emily-20240828-0007.html And I wanted to go to journalist school when I was 17.

At least one of these guys would tell you to pee on them to stop the creaking. They may never have done it but they heard it from an old guy who may or may not have actually done it.

Jaguar stuff. https://mossmotors.com/170-010-bulb-festoon?srsltid=AfmBOorDi8bflrp3daErwMcYW4jeD5O1ixIof6_0Sro728oq6g6ddauu

We live on the 43rd parallel North. Three miles south of the Lake Ontario shore and 40 miles west of Buffalo. Deep snow and penetrating wind, flat lake plains,wheat fields, and sometimes an orchard to slow the wind.. They had solar and a backup generator, required by Caesar for the Deli and perishable food. Gas was piped to some lighting. I got out of the car and thought the horse was a statue for the tourists. I took the picture for my daughter in Boston to remind her of the quaint area she grew up in.

You might try putting 60 PSI against it with the spring and plug removed. would.

I went out to a nearby Amish general store with a friend a week ago. They had a bicycle shop in the basement where he bought two new Fuji electric bikes with sprocket motors. Whoda thunk. Parked in front,

I reuse parts that are not worn out or repairable. I listed a 1925 Buick cooling fan in the For Sale section of the forum and made a point of stating how good the original cheese head screws are. A lot of original hardware has a look that cannot be duplicated. I find much of the current hardware to be manufactured with questionable conversion from metric to SI. It may not fit or look right. As mentioned, a stretched or yielded fastener needs to be replaced. They fall into the not repairable category. But reinstalling fasteners with moderate torque (and a little Loctite) is fine with me. A couple of decades ago I was invited to be the guest speaker at a John Deere Club meeting. I was invited by the proud purchaser of a vintage JD manure spreader so I am sure he felt qualified to choose me. It was an evening meeting with coffee and donuts about an hour from home. My talk focused on "component restoration" with an emphasis on "Don't tear the whole thing apart!" The talk went over very well and I was swamped with members asking questions when they broke for snacks. I remember it well because by the time I got to the snack table there was not a doughnut crumb or drop of coffee in sight. Skipped supper and was pretty hungry by then, long ride home. Just remember a restoration is not disassembling, cleaning, painting a bunch of worn out parts. It just don't work that way.

Always remember "I thought" are the two most dangerous words in the English language. Just think about what happened right before you heard them last.

Got the one with chart paper gaskets in the bottom. Good move.