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The Disaster Pastor is now disabled and he has passed his precious GN to his son, Harlie (Harlie is his handle on this site). He needs help tweaking the car. It stumbles every now and then and just doesnt run as good as it should. Anyone near McComb, MS willing and able to help a new GN addict...

GN running great!!!! when it finally starts.....replaced gas tank with brand new one due to rust in the old tank, from sitting while the engine was rebuilt. Car was and is running great! However, when you turn the key on, fuel pressure at 20psi, as you hold the key and it tries to start...

I have been disabled and given my 1987 Buick GN to my son.....long story short...he is a senior in high school and going to become a policeman....he is working and trying and a great kid...the factory radiator finally crapped out.began leaking..stopped up...car overheating...new ones are $600+...

Just installed new 3.5" maf with translator from full throttle speed....car has turbo tweak chip....will barely idle much less run...too rich..way too rich...scanmaster shows all good except very first numbers o2 are running 500-700 at idle???? Help!!!

Two days ago, the temperature began to drop here in south mississippi. My car is covered with condensation on the inside....side windows and windshield are soaking wet....my wife suggested i squeegee it off ....what caused that all of a sudden???? how do i fix it???? the whole inside of the car...

Anyone found 22 ammo? Our 4h kids cannot locate ammo for their shooting sports.

Of course, I am thankful for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, my awesome wife, my seven wonderful children, and literally my life. Six years ago,doctors wrote me off as dead from a rare EColi infection.....However, Southernboost?, Randy Alexander, has been building a new engine for my...

A computer guy down here highly stresses using TunerPro. Why do most GNs run scanmaster? How come nobody uses TunerPro? Curious...

Car was running great....new engine by southernboost? Randy....anyhow....the SES (Check Engine) light came on, boost never kicks in, runs like crap....I understand this error is the air temp sensor but what do I do to repair/replace it????? cannot locate anything about it in Chilton manual

Hacks me off, how you make an appointment and the doctors are an hour or more late. The other day we were the first appointment and they actually told us they were already running behind. How? WTH:mad:

I am rebuilding a stock 109. Using std crank, cam, etc. The piston order was messed up by a "friend." As I am reinstalling the pistons, the engine seizes as any piston past #1 hits bottom. Spins freely to and from but seizes at bottom. Could the pistons not being in proper order cause such an...

I do not know proper lingo - so..... I am rebuilding the engine - many of you know the saga - long story short - torqued main bolts, rod bolts, etc and now the engine will not turn - heads are not on yet - when you loosen the bolts to hand tight you can turn the engine by beating the end of a...

It is FINALLY FRIDAY!!!!!!! The engine will be back in the car by morning! :D

FINALLY putting the engine together - got the pistons in, etc and noticed a rattle - the engine shop I bought the block from had knocked one of the freeze plugs into the block and put the new freeze plugs in - the engine is mounted on a stand - the plug is on the right side of the engine in the...

I am purchasing a rebuilt engine for my GN. The machine shop has offered to change the current 4 angle valve opening to either a 5 or 7 angle. Which is better for these cars. Car is mostly stock. Chip, injectors, exhaust, boost dialed up, etc. This engine came out of a GN with Nitrous that ran...

:mad: Local retired Buick mechanic (now owns his own shop), and member of the church I pastor (bi-vocational), offered to help "dial it in" for this spring. I had surgery at Christmas and am just getting back into the swing of things. I called and he said, "The car was tuned in and running...

Long story short - driving on I55 cruise set - car backfired and will not refire - Code says computer bad - replaced ecm several times - have also tried crankshaft sensor cap, ecm, chip, O2, tps, etc, etc - Any advice? Computer is not sending the signal to fire to the coil pack - PLEASE help...

A week ago, I was driving the car to my new house, cruise control set at 75 and 62 miles into the trip the car backfired and quit running. There is no spark at the plugs/wires. The car tripped a code 51 (bad eprom, ecm). I replaced the ecm to no avail. Could the coil pack have blown? Where do I...

Anyone near New Orleans willing to help me in replacing rear axle bearings? Right rear wheel very loose - snakes when driving. Never done it before and live in an apartment where they won't let me do the work.:mad: :frown:

As y'all know, Conley finally got her running again. Now the rear end is out. Anyone have a posi for sale?? PLEASE!!!!!