billmerbach

my omega was on the road one day and then i shorted my wiring but shes fixed and on the third day it rose again......weird huh lol anyways i will get a video of it driving again but heres a taste of what she sounds like

oldcutlass

WTG Bill, glad you got through your little hiccup!! Now treat it with respect, not like a rented mule. Save some money for emergencies first, and then start improving on it.

wls559

Good stuff, little at a time.

redoldsman

Bill:

You are a persistent young man. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

billmerbach

Couldn't have done it without you guys thanks so much for putting up with me and my rash decisions and constant requests I owe everyone big time I'm taking things slow for time being my dad is driving it and I told him easy with her I spent around 200 to 300 dollars from a bulk sale in 3 days on it to get her where she's at hopefully nothing goes wrong till I get a job cause I'm broke and she's the only source of transportation in 2 years

oldcutlass

You should be proud (we are), you've accomplished a lot with very little.

billmerbach

That's for sure I have very few leaks and such mainly do to missing bolts on the oil pain but its doing good my concern is headers burning stuff like it already had

MDchanic

Great work! Nice to see it coming together.

I'm sure it'll serve you well.

- Eric

ps: what's that wrapped around the steering wheel? squirrel hides?

oldolds88

you are doing good, but i cringe every time someone free revs a motor like that. it should take it,but it's just my peeve. what was the red light on?

billmerbach

Its the gen light it never goes off for some reason and I won't do it anymore I free revved it because it would backfire through the carb before I adjusted the timing and when I advanced it the backfire went away today is a bit of a fun day for me but no more its time to get serious and MD that was there to protect the sticky wheel from getting on my hands idk I see them a lot on older gm cars

oldstata

Congrats bill on a job well done!!!


On the Gen light you need to make sure your alt is charging correct. Under charging will kill your batt and over charging will cook the batt and over charge it.

billmerbach

Ran out of gas dang carb keeps dumping it in no matter what rebuild I do I'm getting like 6 mpg not cool

oldstata

Bill what carb/Cfm are you running ? You should be getting better mileage then that. I am guessing around 12 if you can keep your foot out if it.
Maybe, start a help thread and see if any one is near you that could help you set it up. you need more then a rebuild to set them up, timing, plugs / wires and the right set up on the carb jets/ metering rods

billmerbach

Think I figured it out with a friend my choke apparently wasn't opening all day so I think that was my issue oh and a carter afb (federal mogul clone) 625cfm

MDchanic

That'll do it.

- Eric

billmerbach

Apparently cause my power increased too by opening the choke had my car sideways coming onto my road......I was behind the wheel >

tru-blue 442

Glad to see you have it going Bill. Trying to keep tread on the tires
at your age can be challenging at times. Keep up the good work.

billmerbach

Thanks all and play time is done playing usually ends in breakage its serious time only a city cruiser for now

Macadoo

Way to go Bill! It was a challenge but you persevered. Now, enjoy it. But don't go spending all your money on speeding tickets!

billmerbach

I'll try not to lol she's a joy for sure she likes cold weather hopefully she can survive the heat

wr1970

You got it going on Bill way to go!!

coppercutlass

Nice ! Glad to hear she is running.

rocketraider

Damn loud-*** Oldsmobile...

We had Purple Hornies back in the 70s but I can't remember who made them. My Mopar friends liked 'em a lot. I had a thing for Thrush mufflers but thinking back those things were heinous loud and didn't really sound that good.




Proud of you young'un!

billmerbach

My friend tuned her in somewhat so I'll have you a video in about an hour or 2 of some driving waiting on the camera to charge won't be no funny business just a cruise since I'm still not sure of the mileage which should increase but things don't always happen as they should

rocketraider

Keep that big right foot out of the secondaries and mileage will go WAAAYYY up!

A QuadraJet would give you best mileage overall. Aftermarket AFB's were never particularly noted for fuel mileage... but yeah, 6 mpg is kinda rough. I'm guessing car's had a lot of idling and not moving time while you've been sorting it out. That'll tear mileage up too.

Wish we were closer together. I could use some wrench and tuning time, or anything to get me away from this powerplant.

billmerbach

Would a q jet off a 71 Buick GS 455 work?

MDchanic

It should, though jetting might be slightly off.

It will all depend on your cam and rev range. At your stage of doing this, I'd say just try it and see if it works. You may need to do something to the linkage to get it to attach, but you may not.

- Eric

rocketraider

Get the car some road time with the advanced timing and choke problem solved and you may see a mpg increase. Pretty sure it's been sitting still a lot and if engine's running sitting still you're getting no mpg. A stock or mildly built Olds 350 with reasonable gearing (3.23 or higher) ought to give you about 12-14 mpg.

The Buick GS QJet may be metered bigger than what you have. Lots of Buicks used 800 cfm QJets (standard QJet is 735/750 cfm). AFB's use jets and metering rods same as a QJet, just made different and no, they don't interchange.

I can't remember what intake you have on there. Some will take both square-bore (Holley/ AFB, all four throttle bores same size) and spread-bore (QuadraJet, secondaries MUCH bigger then primaries) carbs; others are set up for only one type.

Keep us posted. Always enjoy seeing a young guy succeed!

billmerbach

Every time I shut her down it leaks fuel from the throttle shaft on both sides I'm I still overfilling the bowl and I adjusted the floats and it stopped leaking from the back now its the front lol and I'm gonna upload my video later

RetroRanger

The thread title is completely misleading....that aside congrats bill!

billmerbach

Gotta draw attention somehow

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Rustbucket2

Bill, nice to know your not selling your car, good to see it going down road. But GET THAT GAS CAN OUT OF CAR it should be in trunk.

billmerbach

I did I returned it to my friend I still have a long ways to go but for now she's a decent city cruiser

Macadoo

But isn't that against the laws of Oldsmobile physics? Seems to be with my car.

Did you think he was talking about his girlfriend, Retro?

don71

Thanks for showing us. Nice job.

You got better camera control than most of Hollywood.

76olds

Great video Bill, nice to see you can finally get out for a drive and enjoy it!! You have made huge advancements in a short time. Everything looks like its falling into place for you, Don't be surprised if you get a call for a good job. Luck has been on your side wishing you more of the same !!!
Cheers
Eric

billmerbach

Thanks guys I'm currently saving for a new intake cause my hot air choke broke off and in the process of drilling and threading the hole broke it was real brittle it isn't affecting performance but I'm gonna go ahead and take care of things early also trying to get me a carb that don't leak when I park it or possibly adjust my floats on this one.... Got to get a few misc oil pan bolts also trying to get ahold of my friend to get her in the booth to paint.....lots of things going on but its gonna take time

MDchanic

Don't waste your time and money. Just go to the auto parts store and buy a manual choke kit and install it and worry about more important things.

- Eric