My Father's Oldsmobile
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So, that list was a little on the optimistic side. I forgot about hooking up and bleeding the throwout bearing, motor mounts, and electric fans. Screw the exhaust; fire it on open headers because racecar! Then, I had all kinds of problems with the floats; hopefully, didn't wash a cylinder. That won't matter because the oil change revealed babbit in the oil. No Drag Week with the 442 this year; I can't afford to fix it. Run it til it goes!
That stinks, would have enjoyed reading about your car in HotRod’s coverage of DragWeek!
Go anyway. Best way to get noticed is by being noticeable.
Today, I tightened up the exhaust, the went after annoying rattles. Yeah, a cam lope shaking shirt to death is cool for a minute, but it gets old. I got rid of the chinga-ling-ling in the rear,then there's the center console lid and this 1 bumper bolt. I got all that shirt straight, and now let's go for an iRide.
Before bumper alignment
And, after..
And some BBO, 4 speed, 3" exhaust for horsepower wh*res...
Before bumper alignment
And, after..
And some BBO, 4 speed, 3" exhaust for horsepower wh*res...
Put the hi-dolla wheel cylinders in. Delco parts ain't what they used to be
Just took a blast. Oil pressure isn't as high as I would like-40psi at 6k . Got a leaking axle seal. Part throttle stumble- could be bad gas or needs more primary jet. They still haven't opened my building, so I got tomorrow to replace the seal.
Just took a blast. Oil pressure isn't as high as I would like-40psi at 6k . Got a leaking axle seal. Part throttle stumble- could be bad gas or needs more primary jet. They still haven't opened my building, so I got tomorrow to replace the seal.
Couldn't find the seal number (just did them 2 years ago), called Moser, called Carquest, and the National cross reference was different than the ones they sold me last time. 
Enlisted the kid to help bleed brakes
Then, took her for a blast.
Enlisted the kid to help bleed brakes
Then, took her for a blast.
Nice tuck on the bumper. You may not know it but the impression that you have on that kid will last a lifetime. Took my kid ( 24 now, guess not a kid anymore ) for a blast in friends modded Miata I guess a year ago now. Full on smokey donuts with the top down. She barely cracked a smile. Said it's nothing like the memories she has in the Monte going for ice cream,..... sideways up the street 🙂 . awwww made my rusty old heart melt. Hope your kid treats the olds good when you hand it down !!
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