Search results

84, T-Tops, digital dash, new tires dunlop GT Qualifiers 235 60 15, very very little rust on lower pass. side door, doors are tight, intereior is ok, few worn spots on seats and door panels, lear siegler seats. leather is good, engine needs works. possibly stuck lifter, some sxtra parts layin...

just put the car back together after about 10 months of sitting. it starts ok but when it idles theres a kinda whining noise? coming from the back of the engine. i was aondering if maybe i got a vacuum line or somthing hooked up wrong if itd make that noise? the actuator has to hoses hooked to...

got an aftermarket cd player in car. ever since i put it in the battery light comes on when i stop. never did it before. i bought one of those adapter plugs for the car and put it in all nice connections and everything and it sounds great. but there was one wire that didnt connect, id have to...

anyone got a part # for these 2 o rings? i just called postons and the guy didnt know what i was talkin about. but he said they prbly aint got them.

anyone got a part # for these 2 o rings? i just called postons and the guy didnt know what i was talkin about. but he said they prbly aint got them.

selling my 78 sports coupe. posted in car for sale section also. 3.8 4 bbl turbo V6. $500 obo. email me at Hambone7549@aol.com. car is at my dads house in toledo.

what is the bare bones easiest way to do this with the motor in the car?? Tommorow Im gonna try and get the Intake off and ses what i can see. Is there a special tool I need? when i do get in there whats a tell tale sign the lifter(s) are bad? thats my gameplan right now. new lifters and vale...

Just curious. Blocking off the Coolant line on the bottom of the throttle body is ok to do? Ive read that you dont need this line? or is it another. this one has antifreeze in it and hooke to the bottom of the TB just makin sure while im goin through this mess.

regretfully:( , ive had to take my buick off the road. Today i started the tear down and noticed a little bit of oil in the throttle body! I dont think its supposed to be there. I dont know where its comin from???? the hose on the vacuum block that T's off and goes to the pcv and the other to...

Anyone got a part # for a set of good, better than stock lifters? If any will work what is the diameter im lookin for? Preferable from summit cuz i got a gift card for $20 for takin some survey i got emailed:D !!

i ordered the 979's today. I read the proc. on GNttype, but i was wondering if i had to use the pipe and L- shaped compressor? I found a valve spring compressor at a flea market last weekend for dirt cheap so i bought it. It looks like itll work but if i remember right i saw splash guards around...

just wonderin who carries valve springs for our cars besides Poston and ATR? Postons "High Performance" springs are only 39.00 for 12!! that dont sound like a high performance price. havent tried Jegs or Summit yet. I think this is what my problem is, a lazy spring on exhaust valve on #5...

Okay let me start by saying ive got a "pinging" noise goin on. I used my machinist stethoscope and narrowed it down to the drivers side valve cover. I removed the valve cover. no noticable damage or anything out of the ordinary. Except on the inside of the cover there were two little wear marks...

anyone seen this movie of the dyno pull of Chris Chow's twin turbo GN? I seen it last night at work. some kid got it in his email, and since Im the only Buick driver there they called me in the shop and said " dude you gotta see this itll give you a hard on" I was planning on seein a big titty...

in my quest to find the pingning noise I took of my drivers side valve cover. The rocker arms appear stock. They are cast with this orange button in the middle of them that snaps into the rod. My question is how much play is allower in the rocker arms IF ANY, because some of them move side to...

I was talking to a kid i seen on PAX river NAS the other about his 84 GN. He has an badge on the passenger side of his trunk that said "3.8 SFI TURBO". i was wondering if this is original or he just put it there to look cool. on the other side it has the grand national emblem in the exact spot...

I got the casper electronics cam setting tool. i understand most of it but could someone whos used it before brek it done for me in simpler terms. What do i gotta remvove to get to the sensor, then just follow the casper instructions? It says its for 84-87 3.8 turbo motors so i guess the...

i noticed on Gnttype that the "turbine inlet housings" from a stock 84-85 is real close to the 86-87. Will it fit?? causer the later is more available ive noticed in the parts for sale. its the housing that bolts to the center section with the 3 studs for the uppipe. just to clear it up a bit...

actually its probly kinda late to be askin this since i bought the kit already.:rolleyes: My turbo makes a fllllllltttttttttt sound when i rev the motor. kinda sounds like somthin soft spinning and hitting somthing else??? its hard to type sounds:( . I wonderin if a bearing finally gave up or...

got it all the way down to the oil return line and it wont let go and I know all Hardware is off. its just floppin aroun but i cant pull it off. I thought about pryin up on it with somthin but dont want to damage anythin. So my question is HOW? do i gotta take the 2 bolts holdin the line to the...