Need help from a Buick Oddfire V6 Guru

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Apr 3, 2006 | 07:47 PM

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Mike Romain

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Re: Need help from a Buick Oddfire V6 Guru

Ditto.

Mike

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Cool.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Bill Lahr wrote:
> >
> > Lazarus Lives! Many thanks to all of you here. I spun the oil pump with
> > my drill, finally got it primed. Seated the distributor, aligned so the
> > rotor was between 0 and 5BTDC in a static check (regapped the points to
> > .016 as you suggested.) Cranked it over and it coughed and started! Not
> > bad after sitting for almost 11 years. Alternator works, 30A charge, oil
> > pressure is around 30 psi on fast idle, water temp slowly got to 140.
> > Popped it in reverse, then first, clutch and trans work fine. Started to
> > rain, so I'll have to shut it off for a few days. Picked up some Rislone
> > today, so will change the oil and filter, run that with the next oil
> > change, and hopefully get rid of most of the sludge. I have the PCV
> > valve hooked up now, so that should eliminate sludge in the future.
> >
> > Thanks again for all the tips.
> >
> > Bill Lahr
> >
> > L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
> > > Hi Bill,
> > > Spine the engine until the distributor drops into the oil pump
> > > drive, and pull number one spark plug and put your finger in it to make
> > > sure you're feeling the compression coming up for top dead center. Twist
> > > the distributor forward clockwise towards number six, usually with the
> > > vacuum diaphragm that's all it will travel anyway, turn on ignition put
> > > number one wire where you can see it jump the quarter inch and pull the
> > > distributor back slowly until you see the discharge and lock it.
> > > Point gap of .022" is way too wide, should be .016" to be thirty
> > > degrees of dwell. Old hod rod trick use an 1/8 in. Allen wrench, turn
> > > the adjusting screw clockwise until the engine begins to misfire, then
> > > turn it out 1/2 turn.
> > > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Bill Lahr wrote:
> > >
> > >