Enjoyed reading your post Vet. Sounds like a nice place to live. And the climate seems good too for a classic car most of the year. This winter i was able to take the Buick out for a drive every month which is unusual for most of the winter's here. It is getting milder and the summer's seem to get warmer. When i think of moving to the US i am not so sure if i would choose for warm weather all year round or having seasons. Seasons have been a part of my life forever and this past winter was great and now to see spring coming is very nice. I like to see a States like Arizona, CA, Texas but i think it gets too hot for my comfort there in the summer. I like to drive the Buick without AC and be able to live outside instead of only in AC buildings. I have been to Florida once near Fort Lauderdale in early march when the weather was warm but comfortable. Not like a 100 F.
Try Ohio out, we have all 4 seasons in a week, Monday was summer (76 deg) Tuesday was fall (50’s) Today is early spring ( fog, drizzle, 45 deg) Sunday low 30’s and snow
Hahaha exactly....that's what can happen too here. Not a fan of that kind of seasons though I am sure Cleveland is a nice city!
Robbie, like you said, Florida is WAY to HOT. I've been to Florida 4 times, twice for business. Unfortunately both times were in July and August. Jacksonville in July. Thought it would be cooler since it is in the northern part of the state. It was HOT. Next trip was to Miami, August, though I was going to get heat stroke. It was smoking. So we're the girls on the beach, lol. Next two trips were vacations, with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law in tow. We were on the gulf side, much prettier the water is cleaner and greener. That was at Penicola. Penicola is located at the top/west side of the state. It's a little cooler but still HOT.and humid. All of Florida is very humid. Need A/C in your Buick. As for the Southwest you mention. My daughter lived in Nevada, about 60 miles from Los Vegas. She said it's hot but a dry heat. But dangerous because if you're working out side you can get heat stroke and not know it before it's to late. NO seasons, no green grass, no trees, consent water shortish. No the east coast, VA and MD are good for 4 seasons. We offend miss the hurricanes that come up the east coast. We also miss the winter storms that hit the the new England, New York areas. My mother-in-law lived in an up and coming area 4 hours west of me in a city called Lynchburg. It's in Virginia in a rural setting. Has up to date hospitals, very good housing, low crime rates. Real Estate is a lot lower as well as the taxes. I'll see if I can send to so more info on Lynchburg VA. Vet
Forgot to add, Lynchburg is very close to the mountains but Lynchburg doesn't get a lot of snow because the mountains block a lot of the snow from reaching Lynchburg. Vet
At this point; do you remember if your timing mark at the balancer was still steady when you checked initial? Thanks.
http://www.misterfixit.com/chanslop.htm 15-20* of crank rotation is too much in the above test. Our dampers are 6.75" in diameter. 6.75 x 3.14 =21.195" circumference. 1/21.195 X 360 = 16.98 17* is about 1"
I'd have said 10 degrees is excessive, and I get edgy at 5. OTOH, I recognize that distributor-gear slop adds degrees of movement that aren't related to timing chain looseness.
That seems like a LOT. Is that 1in by pushing chain inward between the sprockets and then pulling it outward? ( vs )
You have to remember the service life. Back in the 60s and 70s, when a car hit 100k it was essentially "done". You basically sold it for scrap
That's a good point you just made Cjay. I remember my father always saying, the cars go 50,000 miles on it, to me to trade it in. We are spoiled with cars now days that run pass 200,000 miles. Of course there have been improvements in engine oil and engines are more precision manufactured. Almost all engines now days have aluminum heads and run cooler. Vet
