Best way to ensure all main bearing metal material is out of a turbo…. I’m thinking soaking it in mineral spirit and then blowing out with an air compressor, thoughts?
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You probably know, dont spool it up while you are blowibg it out. I agree with mineral spirits. I overhauled a turbo once, a 86 lebaron gts, a tablespoon of parts, mechanical/ceamic seals and a couple bushings if i recall. And it actually worked when i was done. Waste gate and egr vacuum hoses on that car are the same size,btw.
Morning!
Not much to report, still winter and shop is warm, GNR playing in the background whilst my fat head is wedged under a dash.
Not much to report, still winter and shop is warm, GNR playing in the background whilst my fat head is wedged under a dash.
Morning, nice day in the 60s before a cold front moves in for the weekend. Wife unit wants to head for the hills to get away for the day. Guess I will take my coffee with me.
Oh my !! That Buick is a great engine, and this truck warms my spirit this morning, absolutely love it
Excited because Herb McCandless ask for my mailing address a few days ago, yep, he and I took a drive into town for lunch with his son Herb Mc Candless Jr. , and George Rays track owner Tyler Russom and one other old drag racer in a new van, he enjoyed it and fell in love with Victoria
350 Buick. Must have been laying around. Thosw were noted for low oil pressure problems. I worked at the Buick dealer for 12 years starting in 77. Lot of issues. All because of the oil pump housing in the aluminum front cover. A little wear and you have an oil light flickering on at idle hot. In fact, we even stocked a OP sender that would turn the light on at 0# instead of 5 # or 10# like a standard sensor. The used car Dept. used a lot of those.
Took a great battle, but i got a small portion of wiring out. Only cut 1 wire, a ground. Transmission control harness next.
I got a call from Jeff today. The 64 has arrived so I will drive 20 min. north to another town for a lookie loo. @halifaxhops , Jeff said it has a home installed Mopar electronic ignition on it. Any reason why it would need 12 volts to start? Jeff said they use a jumper wire to the battery. I'm thinking WTF?
Wow ! Leared something already today, I can say the 71 Doutless v6 was a strong and longevity engine, witch was the Buick, Jeep owners and even farmers that used the jeepsters for many years, in 71 my Camando had all kinds of features, a pto (many never even knew was there) farmers ran water pumps and I knew one farmer in Florida that rigged a did witch in his, only started it up when it was time to re-set water pipe 4 inch diameter by 20 aluminum once every 3 years, a plant would give good harvest for 3 years.350 Buick. Must have been laying around. Thosw were noted for low oil pressure problems. I worked at the Buick dealer for 12 years starting in 77. Lot of issues. All because of the oil pump housing in the aluminum front cover. A little wear and you have an oil light flickering on at idle hot. In fact, we even stocked a OP sender that would turn the light on at 0# instead of 5 # or 10# like a standard sensor. The used car Dept. used a lot of those.
Yep, I’m tearing it completely apart and it’s getting all new seals and bearings and waste gate. Taking no chances.
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<~~~~~~ is one of the "special" kids today. the NWS has posted a "Special Weather Statement" on us. very lengthy read that includes the possibility of water spouts and their land occupying brothers tornadoes.
Start, rub down, (que Karl) smoker, 1 hour in, 2 hours in, 3 hours in, 4 hours in. They are about 120° at 4 hours. I'll turn the smoker up to 250° and pull them at around 205° or so. I will finish them up in the crock pot with sauce.
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More like a test your Sanity interview.I thought that's what this thread was!
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Put new insurance paper in the Duster, so I had to fire it up. Started easy enough, but sounded rough. So, I HAD TO drive it. Just a short ways down the road and back. Ran 'OK', but turn signals don't work. Got back and checked other lights. Got high beam switch unstuck. Others OK. Try wipers ,,, Moves 6 inches, POP! Wipers stop and motor continued to run. Almost guaranteed the plastic bushing on drive arm blew out. Plus one of the rubber blades fell off. 
No way I'm doing anything under dash right now. I keep thinking I'll fix a few things and sell it, but the list is getting longer instead of shorter. 
Got back and checked other lights. Got high beam switch unstuck. Others OK. Try wipers ,,, Moves 6 inches, POP! Wipers stop and motor continued to run. Almost guaranteed the plastic bushing on drive arm blew out. Plus one of the rubber blades fell off. No way I'm doing anything under dash right now. I keep thinking I'll fix a few things and sell it, but the list is getting longer instead of shorter.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Dancers from the Club?
Emma DiGiorno
Something about that just isn't right. It needs grey smoke colored wheels. Probably came with body colored with dog dish. The trim rings just don't work. Neither does the luggage rack.
I turned the smoker up to 250° and I will pull them off at around 205° (internal temp) and finish them in the crock pot with Sweet Hickory BBQ from Cookies (an Iowa company). I might add some brown sugar too.
180° internal. The fat is rendering.
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