I try to stay calm. It’s just that I had this car runnin fine until I came to Arizona. The base is not too far from my home and my wife and I are sharing a car right now. When I was using mine it helped us out a lot since I drive a few miles to work and home but now with one car and my shift it’s a little difficult. That’s why I’m eager to get her started. Just to help us out a little more I have a little less than a year here and then I’ll be on my way home. Once she’s home I can take my time and have her as an actual project car
Jim, not sure if this was mentioned or not, but anytime you disturb the timing cover seal, you lose oil pump prime. What you need to do is spin the pump with a drill until you get oil pressure. You'll do this before you reinstall the distributor. We can talk about it when you get to that step, no big deal.
Hi, Jim - just saw this thread. Looks like you’re stationed at Luke? First, thank you for your service. Second, I live at the north end of the White Tanks. I’m no Buick expert (most of my experience is with Chevy), but I’ve got a pretty decent bunch of tools, and enough knowledge to get me in trouble . I’d be more than willing to head over and lend a hand if you need it. I got my first Buick in December, non running. Thanks to the guys here on V8Buick, mine now runs like a top! These guys are awesome. Bob
Thank you very much Bob I appreciate your support. I am stationed at Luke, I used to live in Surprise now I am living in Tolleson. I will definitely keep you in mind
Alright my good sirs, today I will be replacing the timing set. I got to scrub and clean the timing cover and the block free of dirt grime and old gaskets. I should be about to at least take off the old timing set today and replace it with the new one. So I’ve seen people use a special tool to remove the crank gear.
No special tools needed. After you remove the oil slinger, distributor drive gear, and fuel pump eccentric, use two large screwdrivers to alternately pry the cam and crank gears.
Update on the installation... I successfully installed the timing set fuel pump eccentric distributor drive gear and oil slinger. I struggled a bit to get the timing cover to line up with the gasket but then was able to successfully. The harmonic balancer and pulley are also installed. I was running out of time but I wanted to install the fuel pump. I have seen videos on Chevy small blocks and it looks really similar but notice they had to do some “trick” to get that rocker arm to insert by using needle nose pliers and a screwdriver. Now I did look at the manual for the Buick and it pretty much says to insert the pump and tighten down the bolts alternately and evenly. But it does not mention anything else. I tried inserting the rocker arm but the pump was not lining up correctly as if maybe the rocker arm was hitting the fuel pump eccentric? Any thoughts tips?
