[Bluethunder1975]

Was getting ready to throw some paint on the inside of my fenders, so I could mount them, and get them out of the way..

Start airing up the compressor, theres a snap, and the breaker trips.. The motor on the compressor is cooked (shoots fire and sparks out of the front of the motor.. best guess is shorted winding).

Being a direct drive oilless, the motor is worth as much as the compressor....

In the process of setting up my new 60gal stationary compressor, and the fenders still aren't painted.

Downside, it ate into my painting the car fund. Plus side, the compressor is 18.5 CFM @ 100 psi, so I can probably paint / prep the entire car myself.

[Schurkey]

Update. Found a "usable" Pontiac distributor shaft; the distributor will go together this afternoon; and I'll fire the engine again--now that the rings have been soaking in "love and solvent" for about a week.

Wish me luck.

The whole point of getting this engine running was not to rebuild IT, but to use it while we rebuilt the '73 455 that this one was parked next to. The '73 is seized from cylinder rust so it clearly needs help.

But, yeah, I can see this turning into a dingleberry rebuild.

Did I mention that I was in the process of moving my collection of core engines to a storage facility so I actually had room enough to work in my garage? I got the Buick 455 about a third of the way up the ramp and then it fell over sideways hitting concrete from a height of about two feet on the left exhaust manifold/cylinder head?

Nothin' but fun here. But thanks for your stories of woe. At least I'm not alone...




Oh, yeah. I talked to Sun Tuned a few minutes ago. The only bright spot so far today. What a guy! Looks like I'll have distributor weight pivot pins before long!