Just bought a 72 with 40 k on the speedo, looking for a left front grill and black steering wheel? planning on pulling motor and cleaning and repainting, i am use to buicks and chevys never pulled a front wheel drive, am i in for a job or no big deal, any help would be appreciated. oh and i am looking for a couple hubcaps without paying 100.00 a piece.

 

Welcome to our site and congratulations on your new car. What kind of hub caps? Do you really mean hub caps or do you need full wheel covers? I have quite a few extra wheel covers, both 14" and 15", I am sure you car would need 15". Pictures of the existing ones you have would help us match them. Pictures of the car would be great .

 

I second the welcome to this site! Pulling the engine isn't difficult, but if your going to keep the car and do your own work I highly recommend getting a 1972 Chassis Service Manual. You can get them on ebay with the price range of say $20 for a used one that's a little beat up to $80 for a reprint from a business. They have all the Oldsmobile models from that year, and are very good reference books. There are a couple different mounting points on the front wheel drive units and the pictures in the Manual will make it easier to figure out. Last Saturday I removed the engine and transmission from a 1966 Toro. There was quite a bit of room to work and it went pretty well. If you get stuck let me know and I may be able to help. I have a tilt/tele column from either an early or mid 1970's car. I need to go back and look at the steering wheel to see what kind of shape it's in. If you haven't posted a parts wanted ad here on the site, you should give it a try. John

 

Thanks for the helpful replies, I have a chassis c.d. on the way, actually the wheel is in very good condition its just the clear plastic piece is missing, but i have a few leads on the grills on ebay and i already found a wheel cover not a hubcap[sorry]. I will get a camera to post before pics and after. Pierre