Need Buick V6 Help (Page 2 of 2)

There are a lot of 200-4Rs out there.

Looking at some stuff, the trans in the car has a removable tailshaft housing, which the TH200s of the time do not appear to have, so I'm guessing 350.

I just figured out the u-joint thing, have to order the joint with inside lock rings.

Plastic injection, what a great idea!

Mine has apparently lasted since 1977. It's melted Nylon, so hot glue, and we do use a LOT of hot glue on our Lemons cars, but it seems like a PITA compared to a clip.

Yeah, we're going to baby it the first race. I already went through all of the bearings and ball joints and replaced most of that stuff, as well as replacing all of the brakes, so it rolls/steers/stops well. I replaced the shocks  and put some new coil springs on it. The engine and trans are original (as far as I know), and unless I find anything wrong with them, we're going to change fluids/filters and hope for the best. We'll keep the RPMs low and I'll zip-tie a block to the bottom of the gas pedal to keep anyone from getting racy with it.

It was the carburetor. I got back from Germany yesterday and bolted a new carburetor on to it and it runs well now. I dropped it off at the fabricator this morning for the cage.

I love this part of racing, where stuff is coming together and working and you start thinking that maybe this horrible pile of junk is going to work out okay. It's sad when it all ends about an hour after the green flag.

With a big-ass aluminum radiator and an electric fan, it now sits right around 160 degrees all the time, which I'm guessing is thermostat temp.

Cage is in, seat is in, car runs/drives. I think that we're going to make it.

I replaced the tail shaft bushing and seal, so hopefully the trans will stop leaking lots of fluid. The drive shaft is a much tighter fit in the bushing now, no play at all, where the old bushing had a lot of play.

One of the tail shaft housing bolts snapped off in the case, so that will be going back on with three bolts. Hopefully that won't cause problems. I'll soak it in penetrating oil overnight and see if I can work it out with a wrench, but it's pretty corroded.

Thanks, there's still a good threaded piece sticking out of the case, so I was thinking about putting a nut on it, welding it to the screw, which should also get it good and hot, and then trying to back it out. I'm glad I started this car early.