- 41. Bushing metal (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 13:49:29 -0800
- Hello group, One of my ideas (actually from Hardcastle's book) is to adapt Volvo rocker arms to the Buick/Rover engine. This would necessitate me making my own rocker arm bushings to fit the smaller
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-04/msg00000.html (6,265 bytes)
- 42. Re: removing a buick 215 (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 18:45:42 -0700
- Later: Sent again--I forgot to remove the garbage from the bottom of John's original message. -- 4/5/01 John, If you drop the suspension to pull the engine, then you will have to put it back so the g
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-04/msg00010.html (7,859 bytes)
- 43. Re: 4.6 Piston Specs (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:26:11 -0800
- I would like very much to learn these specs also. Dave Kernberger -- /// /// buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net mailing list ///
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-03/msg00011.html (6,963 bytes)
- 44. Spelling (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:13:18 -0800
- For the record--It is "Camaro", not "Camero"!!!!! Or is this some sort of slang I have missed out on--wouldn't surprise me. Cheers, Dave Kernberger /// /// buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net mailing list
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-01/msg00009.html (6,339 bytes)
- 45. RE: Buick 215 Bellhousing (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 18:38:24 -0800
- Larry & group. I thought I had the stock bell housing situation all figured out but that is apparently not true afterall. Is an adaptor plate necessary for the GM T-5? Later bell housings all have t
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-11/msg00007.html (9,686 bytes)
- 46. Re: The Unfair Advantage by Mark Donohue (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:12:28 -0800
- Glen, Tell me please, what is the connection between the book and our beloved v-8s? I remember the name, Mark Donohue, from sports car racing back in the 50s (or was it 60s?), I think, but have no i
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-11/msg00016.html (7,499 bytes)
- 47. 215 bell housing (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:07:33 -0800
- Jim & Larry, Thanks for the quick responses. Perhaps I was closer to understanding than it seemed after reading Larry's original message. I did not know the Ford T-5 input shaft was longer--definite
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-11/msg00017.html (6,690 bytes)
- 48. Re: clutch disc (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:12:00 -0700
- Jim, You have the correct original GM part number. I have found listings of new and rebuilt in an old Borg-Warner book--don't know if they might help. New is 280152/rebuilt is 272685. You are correc
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00016.html (8,611 bytes)
- 49. Re: clutch disc (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:14:30 -0700
- Jim, Isn't the flywheel already flat?? I don't get it. Cheers, Dave K. --
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00017.html (9,031 bytes)
- 50. Re: clutch disc (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 18:17:58 -0700
- Jim, Larry, Then the Buick flywheel is very different from the Olds F-85--something I would have not expected. All the stock flywheels I have seen (3) were F-85 and were almost perfectly flat. I jus
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00025.html (10,643 bytes)
- 51. Flywheel ID (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 21:28:24 -0700
- Thanks to everybody who responded. The part number in my Factory Olds parts book for the F-85 flywheel is 586998. This is not the same as the Buick part number given by James Brown (1350947). The pi
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00034.html (8,009 bytes)
- 52. Stroking A Rover 4.6 (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 21:40:57 -0700
- Thanks to Larry, Glenn, John, and Greg for specifications on Rover 4.6 and Leyland P 76 engines. I am trying to digest it all for my own information. Regards, Dave K.
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00035.html (6,527 bytes)
- 53. Buick 215 Flywheel (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 21:16:04 -0700
- Hello, Though I was in the middle of the discussion, I am still not sure what consensus was arrived at regarding the Buick 215 flywheel. Is it flat or dished? The F-85 wheel is definitely flat. Chee
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00042.html (6,998 bytes)
- 54. Buick 215 Flywheel (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 17:47:24 -0700
- Hello again, Thanks for the several responses. I did see the good picture of the flywheel with the raised rim (better terminology than "dished") both times. Obviously I did not ask quite the right q
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00054.html (7,816 bytes)
- 55. Re: Torque settings for Rover exhaust manifolds (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 17:57:45 -0700
- Jim, The 61-63 Olds F-85 ex. manifolds came originally without gaskets. Studs, nuts, and flat washers were used. The factory manual shows a torque spec of 18-24 ft. lb. KDon't know if this helps. Re
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00056.html (10,560 bytes)
- 56. Muddying the waters????? (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:13:46 -0700
- To all, The subject of oil pressure has been talked about from many angles here, but I haven't noticed any purely theoretical treatments. I have limited experience, but a good understanding of physi
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-09/msg00017.html (14,470 bytes)
- 57. Re: Muddying the waters????? (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 10:08:07 -0700
- Neil, Thanks for the excellent additional information. I would say it is a large, not small, correction. Cheers, Dave K. --
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-09/msg00024.html (18,513 bytes)
- 58. Re: Muddying the waters????? (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 15:28:12 -0700
- Brian, Is that a fair question??????I thought we were talking about normally functioning systems. Perhaps your example helps illustrate how knowledge of normal conditions can halp to troubleshoot ab
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-09/msg00033.html (8,405 bytes)
- 59. Re: stroker 215 question (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:32:08 -0700
- May I make a quick reply to both your questions? The question of using the automatic tranny to make a manual bell-housing is indeed an interesting one. What you may not realize is that the housing i
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-08/msg00002.html (7,511 bytes)
- 60. Re: clutch fork boot (score: 1)
- Author: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 21:23:34 -0700
- Jim, My 1964 Olds factory parts book shows the Olds number to be 1199106. Buick was probably the same since Buick/Olds/Pontiac parts were all supplied by the same General Motors Division. Don't know
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-08/msg00004.html (7,204 bytes)
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