m3x1c0
Bad luck Buick
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2014
Haha but for real. Going on day three here. Day one was removing everything in front of the water pump. Got hung up on getting the pulley off the car (belt tension wasn't enough to hold it.) Then the lower rad hose was basically welded to the old pump. Eventually got it off but probably going to go ahead and replace it for good measure. Day two was last night and we finally got the new pump on after hours of cleaning the old gasket off. That sucker did NOT want to let go. I tried brakleen, pb blaster, water. Nothing really helped but a lot of elbow grease and a few razors. Hopefully today will get everything back together. Threw the new pump on there last night using a Fel-Pro gasket. No way do I want to deal with those crappy paper gaskets again.
Also, as I was working on it a guy drove by and took our picture:
He is a student who took our picture for a photo project he does here: Human Anthropology.
It was cool to tell the story of how I found the car and what I know of its history with BlackMonte and how my dad had one when I was a kid. The guy next to me is my buddy Zack who's been learning how to work on cars with me over the last year. He's got a cool vintage civic wagon and thats my daily driver 1970 mustang behind us!
Tonight I should be able to get everything back together including the lightweight aluminum bumper support I ordered! So stoked to take her out again after a week of working on it! cheers!
Also, as I was working on it a guy drove by and took our picture:
He is a student who took our picture for a photo project he does here: Human Anthropology.
It was cool to tell the story of how I found the car and what I know of its history with BlackMonte and how my dad had one when I was a kid. The guy next to me is my buddy Zack who's been learning how to work on cars with me over the last year. He's got a cool vintage civic wagon and thats my daily driver 1970 mustang behind us!
Tonight I should be able to get everything back together including the lightweight aluminum bumper support I ordered! So stoked to take her out again after a week of working on it! cheers!