Moving right along…
I ordered a rebuilt Water Pump from Kanter’s (http://www.kanter.com/). CARS would only rebuild mine…and being that my housing had a hairline crack that wouldn’t work.
A fellow from Texas graciously contacted me and let me know he had an extra Temperature Gauge and he sent it out today.
Greg hung some stuff on the engine and firewall inside and out today and also hooked up a bunch of linkage and stuff. He mentioned what a great time he had snaking the new rubber fuel line through the inside of the frame…something about it almost being as much fun as shoving a wet noodle up a tiger’s butt.
Greg also noticed something rattling around inside the windshield washer reservoir, he took off the lid and found a surprise rolled up in plastic/scotch tape. Guess what…an extra key, just a little corroded.
Next issue is this…the shift linkage is cobbled together, this is the shift rod that goes from the lever on the steering column down to the bellcrank mounted on the frame. The twin and triple are different so they probably made this mod when the tranny was converted from 3T to 2T.
Notice that there are two foot switches. The switch to the right with the wire leading from it (closer to the brake pedal) changes the stations on the original “Wonderbar” radio.
Here’s that key found in the windshield washer reservoir…a little corroded, but should clean up just fine.
Below is the modified shift rod that has been cut and brazed together. The end with the adjustable clevis should be a simple 90* bend on the end of the rod. Not only is this one ugly, but due to the much larger dimension it’s possible it might rub on the power brake canister. I’ll need to find a correct one for the twin turbine.
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~ Tom Sidoti
1959 Buick Electra 225 Convertible