40-Torpedo Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 This poor old thing just keeps kicking me in the teeth at every turn it seems. The latest problem is the upper water neck. I have 3 motors in total. One is the 1927 that came out of the car that is seized up and another is a "mystery" motor that has broken motor ears, downdraft intake modified from the updraft and is also seized up. The 1928 motor that I got was pulled from a runner. After mocking up the radiator to get the adjusted height for the front motor mount I discovered this oddity. The two motors I have on the shop floor have the "round" water neck and the 1928 motor has a "flat" style water neck. Not having the original water neck from the flat one I found that I can modify the lower water outlet by drilling out the mounting holes. My questions is why was this done? Do I have a "foreign" block and head as there are so many irregularities and differences between my original 1927 motor and the transplanted 1928 runner??? (so far - luckily I have been able to over come these irregular parts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert_25-25 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Buick was changing items every year. Many parts and components are 1 year only. The complete opposite of Ford. I can't tell you how many different hand brakes they made with all very subtle differences. Sometimes you get lucky and a part crosses a couple of years. To let you know, you would have been better using a 1926 engine as a replacement than a 1928 for your 1927. They kept a lot more of the parts identical and 1928 was a big model change year. Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 5 hours ago, 40-Torpedo said: This poor old thing just keeps kicking me in the teeth at every turn it seems. The latest problem is the upper water neck. I have 3 motors in total. One is the 1927 that came out of the car that is seized up and another is a "mystery" motor that has broken motor ears, downdraft intake modified from the updraft and is also seized up. The 1928 motor that I got was pulled from a runner. After mocking up the radiator to get the adjusted height for the front motor mount I discovered this oddity. The two motors I have on the shop floor have the "round" water neck and the 1928 motor has a "flat" style water neck. Not having the original water neck from the flat one I found that I can modify the lower water outlet by drilling out the mounting holes. My questions is why was this done? Do I have a "foreign" block and head as there are so many irregularities and differences between my original 1927 motor and the transplanted 1928 runner??? (so far - luckily I have been able to over come these irregular parts) The shape of the head outlet looks very much like the block inlet on the side of the engine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40-Torpedo Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 12:36 PM, Hubert_25-25 said: Buick was changing items every year. Many parts and components are 1 year only. The complete opposite of Ford. I can't tell you how many different hand brakes they made with all very subtle differences. Sometimes you get lucky and a part crosses a couple of years. To let you know, you would have been better using a 1926 engine as a replacement than a 1928 for your 1927. They kept a lot more of the parts identical and 1928 was a big model change year. Hugh Thanks for the information Hugh - The 1928 engine was simply the availability, location and price for a runner. I'm so very thankful that I also bought the front and rear axles, wheels and assemblies form the seller (he converted the drive-train to more modern running gear so he could drive his 1928 to shows and go faster than 50 mph) as these little inconsistencies - including the hand brake! Would have made the project nearly impossible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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