MDchanic

Very smart man.

I gambled once. Driving cross-country, stopped for gas in Reno at about 02:00.
They had liquor and a slot machine in the gas station, so, to celebrate being in Nevada, I bought a pint of Wild turkey, had a swig, and dropped a quarter in the slot machine.
Now I can say I've done that.

- Eric

Macadoo

Lol.

Macadoo

Made it home safe and sound. The car performed flawlessly after the oil change and some EOS (engine oil supplement) recommended by a GM dealer. No more clatter after that.
1000+ miles, quite a good shakedown trip if I do say so myself.

oldstata

What a great trip Mac !

Glad your car performed well and I bet you had a grin from ear to ear the whole trip.

Macadoo

I think the best part was all the people I met because of the Olds. Everywhere we went people wanted to chat about it. I even had two people ask if I was interested in selling.
It was a great week

coppercutlass

Mac I gotta say you are a better man than me. Im still shy to take my pops car for its maiden voyage. Gonna get to it this weekend but I gotta say its been a great thread to follow from start to finish so far atleast . Love the pic car looks great.

oldstata

Lol love when they ask that then you start talking price and they just seem to run. One day so e one might just have the cash then my foot will be in my mouth lol
Glad it was a great time I love meeting olds guys

Eubiedad

Congrats Mac on a good ride! That piece of the Mississippi is a fun run. Just out of curiosity, what was the oil additive you used?

oldcutlass

Now you can move on to the next project. Glad the trip went well.

Macadoo

Well to be honest, the drive itself was exhausting. "What's that smell?! Do you here that noise?!". But that will subside as I gain more confidence in my work. And getting the suspension tightened up will help too. The steering is straight and true and doesn't pull or wander but going over curvy hills that weren't terribly smooth....well I just didn't feel in control, ya know? Body roll maybe? So shocks, ball joints, tie rods, bushings, maybe a thicker sway bar.

Yeah, I didn't even let them get to the money part. I cut them off quick, lol.

It was just called GM EOS Assembly Lubricant. Mine came in a pint not a quart.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/nal-88862586

Tempting but no thanks, lol. Now I can tinker

Hawghead

I grew up in a small town in Nevada. The local safeway store had a row of slot machines at the end of the checkout isle so you could gamble your change on your way out the door.

Scott

70cutty

Even Wendy's has a slot machine in Nevada.

Macadoo

We had fun at the casino but I'm more of a newb to gambling than I was to car restoration at the beginning of this thread. And there was no manual! I was completely lost. I wanted to play poker but I think the buy-in was $300. Yeah, no.

coppercutlass

mac next time you are close by we can hit up the casino its 2 blocks from my house lol. 5 dollar blackjack tables cant go wrong there lol. You should try to come up for the Byron bop race. Hopefully I got my crap set up and ready to go.

Macadoo

That sounds great Copper. But before I take her into that kind of traffic I need a right-side rear view mirror. Getting around St. Louis was drag.
I wonder if I could take 39 up and avoid the congestion. But I can tell you the price for driving up will be dropping the wife at her brother's in Elk Grove Village, lol.

coppercutlass

39 to 72 then just take it east . 72 becomes 20 and I live 3 blocks north of rt 20.

Macadoo

The Bop race is just a little west of 39, yes? When is the race? Maybe we could just meet at the track.

Macadoo

My first car show. Great way to cap off the summer before school starts. The Twin City Cruisers. The actual show is in the opposite direction of the photo, it was huge!

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76olds

Hey Mac, I finally found the time to post the exhaust pics, I hope this helps with the drivers side off the header . Its been an awesome thread, great pics , good to see you had a safe trip and everything went well. I'm looking forward to your suspension thread next.
Put-r-ther,
Cheers
Eric

Macadoo

Whoa, they really got that downpipe squeezed up in there. Nice! Thanks for the pics. Is that 2-1/2" pipe?

Suspension thread:

Took the car to the shop, wrote a big fat check.

End of thread, lol.
School starts next week. It's going to be a hard summer to let go.

76olds

Its 2 1/4 pipe, I will have to get some long tube Headers now and then go to 2 1/2 after I get the new motor thou.
Don't you just love writing big fat cheques.
My wife is going to kill me soon, I installed a clause on my marriage contract that would give me nine lives.... Pfffft I've already went thru about 8 of them lol.
I hope you have a terrific school year ahead.
Eric

Macadoo

Yeah man, I forgot about the new motor. Have you started a thread?
Fingers crossed for a good year. I love teaching but the BS can get pretty deep if I let it. I've already had three emails asking for my "volunteer" services. There is a definite advantage to having a punch-clock job, lol. But I'm ready to get back in the classroom

70cutty

Eric what motor did you decide on?

76olds

I'm going to go for the 455, I haven't had time to speak to Mark as of yet, He did mention the advantages and disadvantages, I'm kinda concerned with the U.S exchange and shipping at the moment, I haven't nailed down a price for that yet. Things are a little cheaper up here rite now so I'm going to give it a few more weeks and see what the values will be . I'm hung up on if their happens to be a problem after I get it here more than anything rite now we are all human and things can go wrong..... but I just haven't spoke with Mark about this. I read your post and seen that it took a couple dyno's to get your engine dialed in so this has me a little concerned. Its alot of coin so I just want to make the rite decision ya know.

70cutty

That's why Mark is the man, he didn't ship out until it was right. Not having to worry about it is worth every penny.

Sorry Mac not trying hijack your thread., even if it is the longest pulling out the motor in history of CO. Jk.

76olds

[QUOTE=70cutty;730948]That's why Mark is the man, he didn't ship out until it was right. Not having to worry about it is worth every penny.

Absolutely I have heard many good things about Mark!!! I guess I'm over thinking the whole deal. You always get what you pay for in life without a doubt I guess a couple grand difference isn't a killer I just have to convince my wife. She made me get a couple prices up here lol. I'm kinda embarrassed to approach Mark on this at the moment.

Macadoo

No worries cutty, I'm thinking maybe it's time to close down this thread.
Mark dealt me a good hand. The cam he ground for me seems tip-top. But I'm confused 76, I thought you were getting a 455 core and building it yourself.

76olds

Lol , Oh no I haven't the slightest idea on the internals of an engine nor the time, I was going to tinker with the 350 that is in the car after I drop in another. I may digitise a few things and play around with machining some things at times but no I won't be building it myself.

Macadoo

Aww come on man, if I can do it, anyone can! But then again, you have to have the time...and the tools....a place to do it.....and probably no small children. So yeah, you're making the right move

SkylinesSuck

Just finished my marathon read of this thread. Thank you for the detailed pictures and descriptions of your trials and tribulations! It's really a service to the Olds community. I referenced it more than a few times myself on my recent project.

Maybe I missed it, but what did you do about the front timing cover seal leak?

Macadoo

Hey SkylinesSuck (great handle, btw. Country boy myself), thanks for the kind words. It's nice to know that the thread is still helping folks out.
It might be important to note/update here that the new camshaft had a slightly smaller base circle and was giving me some valve train noise. I ended up swapping in the roller tip rockers from Comp Cams and longer pushrods. There's a thread about it around here somewhere.
AS far as the front seal leak; it was either the power steering pump or it went away on it's own. The only leak I have now is a small one from the trans speedo cable housing. I replaced the seals but it still leaks. Not much though. 2k miles and I haven't had to add any.
Nice '75 you got there. My first was a '75 (I think), blue with the white vinyl and white interior. That was a smooth riding automobile.

SkylinesSuck

Thanks! Don't know if you noticed, but I'm actually in Japan and I've owned a Skyline before. Man, the ricers back home would freak out about it. Way more than they should have. I like them but you can give me classic American muscle any day. I brought this one (it was my grandfather's) with me this time here in Okinawa.

I'm going to hunt for your thread about the roller tip rockers. It's something I'm interested in doing not too far down the road, but first I need to get it back ON the road and running. Glad to hear the leak went away. I hope any future leaks I have will do the same.

Macadoo

Lol, sorry, brainfart. I thought you meant skyline as in cityscape. Derp.

This is a link to the thread:
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...l-trouble.html

76olds

I'm happy to see this thread resurface TTT, I enjoyed every post in this thread !!!
Best thread on CO IMO. My wife even read thru it so PUT ' R ' THER Mac .
The best thread ever in our household!!! Cheers to you Mac.
Eric

Macadoo

Oh Eric, you're so easy to impress
This thread is a testament to what is possible when a good group of folks get together with a common cause. I just happen to be the one with the toy at the end

Macadoo

I finally got around to replacing the trans mount. Better late than never?

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I replaced it with this...

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The stock mount seemed a little...weak.

MDchanic

Looks a little soft.

Please let us know whether you can feel the stiffer polyurethane mount.

- Eric

Macadoo

Soft? Like those gel insoles I can't stand to wear!

Define "feel". So far all I've noticed is that the shifts are a little quicker and it was starting to have a little shudder on launch (which is why I stopped putting it off). Otherwise I haven't felt anything different/annoying. Other than the fact that the trans is on it's way out/overheating

oldcutlass

I've never noticed a real difference in the poly trans mount either.

MDchanic

Good. The Poly mounts are stiffer than the rubber, and the question everyone will want answered is do you feel any harshness or vibration that you didn't feel before.

Since you don't, that's great!

- Eric