Will the Most UNRELIABLE 1980's Car Return on the Road!?
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- Today we bring an abandoned Buick Century back to the road!
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I own a 1985 Chevy Chevette that I bought five years ago that I've pretty much gone through the same experience with. While it was cosmetically OK when I bought it and seemed mechanically sound, it had sat in a garage for several years prior and once I began driving it regularly it began showing me its issues. I've managed to keep the car on the road and I still drive it to this day in spite of several breakdowns and countless repairs. That car has challenged every aspect of my good sense, judgment, and even my manhood...most guys would have either just cut their losses and junked it or sold it off out of frustration, but I never gave up on it even though it always seemed to defy my every attempt to fix it. I know that car bumper to bumper...every vacuum line, every hose, every component...and I have spare parts on hand for whatever it might need in the future. When I drive it, I have pride in it, because I am the reason ... the ONLY reason ... the car still runs and drives and isn't rotting away somewhere in a field or a junkyard. It might not be worth much to someone else but to me it's almost like a beloved pet that I rescued from a shelter. Priceless.
Chevettes were pretty much like that from the factory
I have the same feeling with my, funnily enough '85, Pontiac Fiero. It's body is multi-colored with paint falling off, and headlights are stuck up. But, it's mine, and I love that little car.
I've also always wanted a chevette too, either that or a chevy sprint...
Learned to drive a stick shift in my dads chevette, in my parents yard with circle driveway, also raced a geo metro and sparked him 😂.
used to have a Chevette rebuilt the top end. used to impress the girls by saying i have a vette and getting them drunk.
@@BigJim1976 o
“I don’t like to waste money”
-Restores an ‘81 Century.
Love it.
81 century diesel. i think when these cars had a gas engine they weren't too bad. the 5.7 diesel was not the worlds best diesel engine.
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@@omarjimenez4447 what-
"I don't like to waste my money"
Buy's lots of Ford's lol
@@squarebodycasewademckenney6190 Lol
My uncle had a Cutlass with the diesel engine. He was a frugal man. He had an auxiliary fuel tank installed in the trunk. Since he lived in San Diego, he would drive south to Tijuana, Mexico, for cheaper diesel fuel. The range he got out of that much fuel was quite remarkable.
To say he was upset when the engine went bad would be an understatement. 😅
my dad had a cutlass with a diesel when he was growing up and i want to find one but they really don't exist anymore or you find them but people think they are made of gold
I had a diesel Cutlass. I bought it sight-unseen and it was infested with tiny little ants from rural Oklahoma. I once drove to Des Moines from Denver on about twenty bucks plus whatever fuel was in it. I was never happier than the day I got rid of it despite its stellar highway mileage. I was more than willing to bear the increased price to not drive it. One of the worst cars I ever had.
Still amazed me the humongous amount of information that you Dad can say with only a quick view of the paint. I love his interventions.
Well said, nice thought for sure.
My father was for several decades an auto body refinisher at different auto body shops in the S.F. Bay Area.
He got his start in the Central Valley working for a concern that manufactured vending machines known as 'Vendalators' best as I can spell correctly.
One day as my father, Robbie or Joe depending on the shop and year, "Robbie" as he was mostly known, had been welding the vending machines, as that was what he was hired to do. Then when the guy who was to put a spray finish on the machine called out sick, my dad stepped up to the plate, God Bless him.
The manager of the shop asked my father if he felt like taking over the paint shop and operate the spray gun which my father had no experience in doing.
My father said, '...sure thing boss.'
That positive attitude gave my dad another skill set that would become his work for the rest of his days.
There were more opportunities in the Bay Area than in the farm belt of the San Joaquin Valley so we picked up stakes and moved to San Pablo just north of Berkely California when I was but a wee lad of 4 or 5 years of age.
So Kevin, I doubt you'll find this buried in the Comments as a reply, but I honor your father and his knowledge and he reminds me so very much of my father.
My dad developed several health issues over time, likely due to the toxic atmosphere in a paint shop and passed at too young an age, he was only 60 years old when prostrate cancer took him along with high blood pressure that ultimately was his undoing when he suffered a stroke induced from a blown artery in his brain.
1:02:38 "We all have problems stop screaming" has got to be the most hilarious and relatable thing I've ever heard.
This is how real project cars go, with actual frustration 🤣
Unlike most TH-cam channels where everything goes great the first time.
That's part of why I love this channel. You get to see the real auto repair experience. It's relatable.
As a Brit, this car just screams 80’s/90’s US to me. Cars like this were in the background of every US cop show. I like it.
As a Brazilian, I feel the same way
As a Iowan, these cars scream "High School" to me. Takes me back to the 80's.
There were 100’s of thousands of these on the road not many with the diesel GM failure
You should have seen my 78 Malibu 305 2 barrel. It was faded blue. Lol.
That may be but would you have been willing to deal with the mouse poop?
With only two belts on your water pump pulley, the pulley shaft was probably deflected enough towards the alternator side that either:
A) The bearings in the water pump were overloaded on that side, or
B) The pulley twisted over enough to cause a belt misalignment.
Props for sticking with it and figuring out how to fix it!
I agree with a. I have been thinking that the entire time watching this a year later lol
I was looking for that, I believe that middle pulley might have loose mounts just a tad, but with belts tensioned, It's just enough to scrape. When you add more belts, they app tension in different direction, so it basically cancels, at least a bit. It makes sense as metal did expand from heat → mounts got just a bit looser.
I know this is a old video but I just saw it. The problem is it has the wrong alternator belt. GM never made a engine where the alternator was powered only by the water pump. The belt should go around the crank pulley, water pump and alternator.
The whole time I was watching, I was thinking it was the water pump that was bad, since it was an obvious return. But videos like this remind me I don't know everything.
@@BobWiersema Not correct! My Olds 307 in my 88 Fleetwood alternator was driven off only the water pump. Its an Olds V8 thing.
My Grandma had a Buick. It was broke down all the time. My grandpa, master mechanic, rebuilt the entire car and it still did not run. He finally gave up, parked it tarped it, and bought Chevy. Enjoyed watching you go through the same struggle, brought back good memories. Thanks Kevin 🤘🏻
I would swap a dirtymaxx 6.6L into it
@@punker4Real now that's an idea
I like how nobody EVER questioned exactly *why* that water pump was returned. My guess is that the alternator belt puts just enough downward load on the water pump for the bearing in the pump to scream and heat up.
which is why i dont like serpentine belts. with the amount of tension they put on stuff it seems like it was designed to make parts fail.
you can also check if the pulleys are aligned. this can cause belt squeak.
The minute I saw all that RTV on it, I new it got returned as bad out da box.
Exactly. Bad (returned) water pump.
@@woofer2121 bet its more that engineers dont really tend to think things over as well as they should/could, i know many who.... need a practical engineer or even just somebody whos mechanically/tech inclined working with them... to notice problems, and help solve them even... doubt it was intent vs incometence..halons razor... (look it up if you dont know what it is)
Couldn't agree more with the 'save them while we still can' sentiment. Every once in awhile I'd see a car like this in the wild when I was a kid, but they are really starting to disappear now.
I have an idea for what I like to call “The Regular Car Museum”. Because no one is saving a Ford Contour.
@@reidboggs4344 I've always liked the Mercury Topaz. And the Chevrolet Celebrity. But there will never be one in a museum.
@@moconnell663 that’s why we should make one.
@@moconnell663 Hey, I loved my little Celebrity... Except for the Grapico Purple.
@@WCM1945 my friends mother had one when I was in grade school. The clear coat had failed in an interesting pattern and you could always tell who's car it was from a distance. I continued to see it occasionally even years later.
My God, I remember how all of the old 80's and 90's cars had such plush interiors. Going on a long trip with the family was always a good time.
They should make seats like that again. I’m sure they were very comfortable.
Love old plush seat cars. I had a 1984 Olds Delta 88 up until last year and it was soooo plush and comfy. Just a proper way to cruise.
Yeah my moms 2017 escape has very uncomfortable seats, especially the backs, the older they are they are much more comfy but they also kinda seem to wear out faster but who cares
I still get the biggest kick out of Angus and those free coveralls.
He is so naked under the coveralls
You mean he bought coveralls and got a free truck.
@@Biggspeed . maybe that was it, either way it's still funny, and he hated that Buick. Ha
Same!
You are doing it cause it's frickin cool. By the way, the pulleys on those wore horribly and even new belts would squeel. I had an 81 olds cutlass cruiser wagon. Belts always made noise. Just s thought.
46:30 thanks for the shout out guys! Cool to see a Gbody revival on your channel!
I was working at a chevy dealer when the converted olds engine came out, this was in a rural area and rural people loved their big GM cars, so getting 30 mpg as opposed to 14 was a good deal, this was during another one of those gas price hikes, also diesel was cheaper by the gallon than gas, like quite a bit less, most people I knew that had them had no trouble with them, hope you get lots of years of use out of old blue
It probably made the farmers feel right at home....if you close your eyes, you'd swear it said Massey Ferguson on the side. Sounds just like a tractor.
Hi Kevin, I had a 1981 oldsmobile that had the same belt squeal issue and it turned out to be the pulleys on the crank. Apparently the old v belt style would wear the sides of the v out to the point where the belts would go too deep into the groove and bottom out causing loss of grip. I relaced those pulleys and it fixed the problem completely.
Was thinking the same.
Sounds right to me. My 78 lemans did the same.
That was one of my ideas as well. To replace the crank pulley
That was one of the first things checked besides alignment, sure enough it was good to go! Weird ordeal
@@JunkyardDigs did the squeak come back again?
Feels like it took a century to finish this video
Ba dum tss!
I'm laughing, I swear.
In more ways than one!
Years of thought to make this joke
Yep....
A whole Century...
😂😂😂😂
15:26 Anyone else notice how he held up his hat so the sun wasn’t in his friends face? Show how great a guy he is
I LUVIT. "Deisels don't have loud horns because you already know they are coming." LOL
Oh God that's for sure
this is the automotive equivalent of one of those videos where they find a decrepit almost dead dog, then nurse it back to life and at the end it's clearly happier but you can still see how traumatized it is deep inside.
I could hear Sarah McLaughlin singing in the background as I read this. Haha
Great just make me cry
@@cuttysupe7749 in the arms of an angel 🎶
I use a mechanic's stethoscope to figure out where a sound is coming from. It's like a doctor's stethoscope but instead of a round disk thing, it has a 2ft metal probe. You touch the end of the probe to something that you think is squealing and it conducts the sound from whatever it is touching, not everything around it. Super useful.
Sounds a lot better than using a long screwdriver and pushing the handle against your head/ear!
@@MrCheesywaffles haha yeah it sure is, been using both :D
@@MrCheesywaffles Been using the same long screwdriver for this for 35 years now. Was looking out for someone to mention it 😂
Angus: (starts electrial fire)
Angus: Why is that on fire?
Mook: (nervous laughter in the background)
That man is still wearing his coveralls he found in his abandoned ford f100 I love it
Back in the day, we just used a bar of soap to stop belts from squealing. Just hold to the underside of the belt and the car does the rest. Worked every time.
Cars in the U.S. weren't required to have rear shoulder belts until 1990. And that engine is in desperate need of a new set of injectors -- or at least having them cleaned and tested by a diesel mechanic.
I agree.
How come you did not put plastic over the window
Almost same car as a Chrysler 5th Avenue. They were good lookers and very reliable. I had a half dozen off them.
Is there any different between diesel mechanic and car mechanic?
@@cody3300 I believe there is a big difference between the two: diesels do not have spark plugs, require more frequent oil changes, as well as other differences I'm not totally familiar with.
See...you can't polish a turd, but you CAN roll it in glitter. Great work 👍👍👍👍👍
I totally sympathize with you and the squeaking. I have a 2006 GTO that developed a squeal to end all squeals. I changed all the pulleys. The car had only 29,000 miles. Squealed worse...changed the belts with "off brand" belts...quiet...bliss....for only a few hundred miles, then it started chirping and then squealing like 1000 stuck mice. I got belt dressing...it helped...for a few seconds. I bought more pulleys and finally Gates belts. I cleaned the crank pulley prior to all this. I started the car....silence....ahhhhh.....the key to this is, if you have an older low mile car stored in a garage in the Arizona desert, replace the belts with factory belts. 4 years later, at 32,000 miles, still silent.
I'm sure you don't really want to hear this, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching you fight that car. It really cleaned up well also, and ended up being a bit of a looker with that deep blue paint. I'm definatly more engaged when you go passed "well, it's running. (end of video)". Getting it clean and shined really completes the viewing experience for me. Well done :)
The noise is the ghosts of a 1,000 mice haunting you for stealing their home
I think the squeeking was due to the pulling on the water pully, cuz the two belts were pulling to one side and by putting the 3rd one on.. It pulls to the passenger side.. Balancing the center "Water" pully.
Think of it like a triangle...one corner pulling up. One pulling left and one pulling right..from that center spinny thing/water pully. A tripod will not stop screaming till all the legs touch the floor.. I don't know.
The pulley looks like it is uneven anything on a general motors that is uneven causes the belts to scream
It's not the independence Chevelle, but she shines up brighter then Ray Liotta's veneers.
😆
Guys gotta show her some love, I'll do the right thing and pretend I didn't see that comment
i @@Cus7ate9 ru truth lol i love
@@joesweeney5197 you have a great weekend and babe babe you puri try r try ti
The reason the hood looks like that is because back in the vintage of that car GM was still using lacquer and the lacquer with micro crack and then when they painted over it it just accentuated it so the cracks or even deeper the only way to get rid of microcracking is to strip the paint and start over and apparently they just painted over it
Finally, someone who sees things how I do! Odd ball cars are often more fun then common "better" cars. Good save man!
There's so many 1970-82 Corvettes, 1965-69 Mustangs, 1968-72 Chevy/GMC trucks around. Its not as fun as the odd ball classics that have disappeared. Its really not. Kevin is nice.
Most GM’s scream when they’re out of alignment on the belts somethings not lined up properly
I’ve been saying that at my tv the whole time 😂
@@andrewsummers1772 same here lol
@@andrewsummers1772 me too. Misalignment
no ac belt
They were dead nuts on, first thing I checked👌
I really love this thing, sometimes the odd and crappy stuff deserves a little love and attention simply for surviving for this long! This thing would be great to keep aroun for beer/caseys runs and loaning out to people
It’s funny. When you guys cleaned the dash and it became blue it reminded me of a time as a kid. When I was younger, my dad bought me a pig and I always thought it was black for a month until I gave it a bath and it turned out it was a white pig lol 😂
Things on the farm are often more than they first appear!
@@dwitcraft very true!
I thought my dog was brown until I gave him a bath turns out he’s red with orange brindle stripes 🤷♂️
This is the epitome of junkyard digs - giving some love to a forgotten car. Glad your content has stayed the same with the new shop and only gotten better. Respect.
My mother had an '81 4-door Century, with a 231 V6, back in the day. It ran well, good car and decent fuel mileage.
This video is a rollercoaster of emotions.
Mook has a Channel, maybe it's time for Kevin's Dad to have one, he seems to have a lot of knowledge.
Or at the very least some commentary videos or b-roll.
Or Kev's dad gets his own "Auto Body tips time" on Kev's channel It would bring some diversity Just a thought. Would work if Kev's dad did not want a channel.
Junkyard Dad definitely needs his own channel.
I'm almost finished after a year of Resto Mod'ing an 85' El Camino Choo Choo Custom. G-body's deserve to be revived! What a cool / comfortable car. Just slap a new engine in it and you are good to go.
Loved the ending where you parked it where you found it. "See you in 10 years." Lol
"Alright, see you in ten years." That ending had me rolling. Love it.
Your dad is the ultimate explainer. His temperament (at least on camera) is like an instructor. If he was my dad I think I could be a much better mechanic or auto body guy.
Kevin: It’s going to be a $9K car when we’re done!
Angus: Don’t you think that’s a bit much?
Kevin: DON’T TALK ME DOWN I KNOW WHAT I GOT!!
this was your most challenging project. I never seen you so frustrated and I sure in hell don't blame you. Yes belt dressing can work miracles. that is an old timers treatment.
Heard that those deodorant stick that you screw out work I these cases.
@@joaob.almeida5176 the service station I pumped gas at in high school used to use comet or ajax
@Death Wish I’ve used that in a pinch. Canning wax block, or just an old thrift store fat candle.
5.7 Diesel engines had most people screaming lol
It's a long story but Kevin is right for continuity on your battery. I had a 1990 Jetta and I replaced a starter, alternator, and radiator (which was a stupid mistake and I ended up blasting a hole in it when I replaced something.) All because I had bad battery terminals. Check your terminals and connections before getting a battery.
I deeply respect you guys for doing up an unusual car. "Why would you do that?" is enough reason for me!!
'Find out what's screaming and punch it in the face' best line ever 😂🤣😅
Had a 84 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (maroon in color ) in this body style, it was a great family car and excellent for vacations as a family.
On my Olds the Power Steering Pump made squeaky noise, needed a replacement.
Cotton rags would work better. Yea ! Mook & Angus & Kevin !
Love those Olds diesels when the issues are fixed. So rare now. Thanks for keeping this car alive
That poor horn sounds like a guy on the crapper blowing his soul out his rear end
Also brit, I want to do a stakeout or be the baddys in that car.
@@TheMegaross91 you replied to the wrong person 😂
@@TheMegaross91 us Brits made your language lol
i think the only thing I like more than the revival videos is getting the revivals back on the road. I love the tips @ 37:45. For some like me with no mechanical skills these videos are gold!
I love whenever Angus shows up. Him, Kevin and Mook have such a great dynamic.
kevin, luke and mook are great together as well
That was back when the divisions were organized as "BOP" AKA Buick/Oldsmobile/Pontiac, so the hubcap doesn't suprise me.
It's a great car, and it deserves a full restoration. It's a piece of automotive history. That squealing would drive me crazy too.
Being a Brit, it is so satisfying to see an American car that looks American, no matter its reliability. Can't tell modern cars apart, mass global, gotta sell it in every market rubbish styling nowadays!
Yehaaw!
Your dad is a wealth of knowledge. Your brother looks just like him. Thanks for explaining the troubleshooting.
I had this problem on my Celica, changed everything, turned out to be the belt after replacing it three times, third belt worked a treat so frustrating
The noise didn't stop when you pulled the alternator belt off it just got quieter. Go back and listen with headphones again when you fire the engine before you spin things with the drill. The noise is still present it's just better. And you can hear the power steering pump squeal when you spin it with the drill.
I heard that too.
The squeal on the power steering bump was the belt hitting the fans of the alternator.
I cut out about 30 other attempts of fixing this, I never found the true cause, But rather an acceptable Band-Aid
@@JunkyardDigs it was the ac belt them Gm cars have to have every belt tightened just right to not make noice
“The Shiniest Turd In the Toilet...”
I’m stealing that! 🤣
Thanks for bringing this back to life again! I'm glad you guys could replace the window and do all the other work.
46:26 your dads laugh says it all! That was def a true story about the lawn mower, lol!!
I could sense Pure pain at the end when the trans slipped 😂
Great to see how nicely it clraned up. That paint checking was pretty common in GMs of the era. I had an 84 Regal T-Type that did the same on the hood. Enjoy the car. You brought a rare survivor back to life. Cheers!
Hey Kevin, I really do like how you don't take the easy way out and just give up on it. You keep going and trying things, even showing us your frustration from time to time. Good stuff.
"It's the turn of the century."
Best joke on the internet.
missed the opportunity to say "best joke of the century"
lmao
My brother had one of these cars. It had just a few engine problems, in fact, in the first year he owned it it was in the dealers shop for a sum total of 4 months. Before the warrantee ran out it had had 3 engines installed under warranty and a front suspension rebuild.
I'm not gonna lie when he was honking the horn ,to me, sounded like someone with a bad case of explosive diarrhea instead of a dying camel
The cameo shots of Mook’s facial expressions are hilarious.
Love this car. I had an ‘81 Century in high school and it brings back memories seeing one again.
limited or normal one?
@@koenraad2814 Just a normal one, but they were loaded for an ‘81 model. Power windows and AC. I think I was the only one of my friends that had AC lol.
the pressure washing was so satisfying especially since yall were uncovering a beautiful color
Yasssss. Pls do more 70s 80s cars. I absolutely love this era of American cars :)
Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
Especially something with a 6.2l detroit diesel.
You know.... the GOOD GM diesel.
I have to ask, my friend from Sweden,
Why?!?
Why this era?
I mean, the heart wants what it wants and I am not judging you - I'm just wondering. Because this era is probably not the *most* popular among fans of US cars.
Gas crisis noises
@@wes11bravo Well for me it is because being from eastern europe the 70s and 80s were the decades when most people started buying cars, before that barely anyone even knew how to drive let alone own a car. And I was always interested what americans drove during that same time period. I also mostly drive cars from the 1980s so there's also that.
Wes Harris well because I love them. Simple as that. I like the styling of them/the interiors and feel of them. Way way more interesting than all the modern cars on the road. They aren't as common to see on the road which is nice because I wanna be me and not like everyone else.
You guys from "over there" complain over that all these cars are shitty and none should be allowed to be left and if someone likes it they get hate (not talking about you but there are people like that) but there is just such a nice feel to get in and drive one of those cars. The ride/the quietness/the smoothness etc is just soo nice that you would not find on our European cars of the era or modern cars especially.
Besides they are a little cheaper than say a 50s 60s vehicle that usually is 10 000 dollars or more. (A bit too much to buy and daily drive for a 19 year old) so for example then I can buy something from the 80/90s for the third of that. And they are great daily drivers. Not too old and not to new. My 1992 Buick century is perfect. Reliable and goes through the snow perfect. (It's just that I want something a little cooler 😂)
Hope this explains a little and then you understand my part of this 😁 there is quite a lot good looking malaise era cars
I just lost my first car to rust and I tell you the underside of that Buick gives me PTSD
It's not awful, BUT its there and that makes me 😳
I don't know why but I like that car also. And guys move the damn snowmobile lol
We finally did later that week😂
My first TH-camr response
Keep the vids coming, you guys are awesome!
I'd totally daily drive this lump, not a shadow of doubt. Also, guessing from it's reliance on glow plugs to start that it's an IDI design. That being the case, it could be an ideal candidate for running on vegetable oil. (DI can also run just fine on it, but change the oil even more often.)
@@user-pn1ti9il5q Yep, good stuff. There's a surprising amount of older diesel rigs that are DI here in the UK. Most of them making similar power to this from sub-3 litre displacement too, but sounding nothing like as good/pissing in Greta's cereal way less than a nice V8, sadly
I will watch this video at least 4 times and it's always neat to see how the car turns out in the end. In all honesty as a little boy I saw a lot of these things around town.
That's just what people bought they don't make them like this anymore.
man that baby is BEAUTIFUL!! I don't care what anyone says I would drive a car like that or older anytime anywhere, let alone find a dead one and revive it
I know a guy named Mike Ehrmantraut who would love to get his hands on that car
I know this probably won’t get read because it’s a yea later but whatevs! I love angus! He had a great personality and is obviously very knowledgeable. Also him and Kevin have a great light hearted dynamic!
I laughed so hard every time you started it up and ANOTHER squeal started up. 😂🤣😂🤣
An hour long Junkyard Digs video?? Hell Yeah I'm getting snacks for this one
Chips?
a guy needs cold snacks for this
@@nopegaming2117 You betcha
My parents, when they moved to the US in 1991, bought a 86' Pontiac Bonneville (same platform as this century, gas v6), and even though it had low miles when they got it my dad was constantly fighting it/fixing stuff on it, eventually he gave up and in 96' bought a Mazda protégé which we had until he put 277k miles on it before it got wrecked. He swore he would never buy an American car again, lol.
There is always an upside...,
Out of all the junk you revived and drove in the past, The JLOA( Junk Lovers Of America) has rated this junk as being up there as one of the best pieces of junk you drove in a while.
Thank you for the entertainment and the education it's really appreciated.
29:32 "I just got my thoughts organized! You're gonna shake them all up!" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I'll have to remember that one!
Buick with a diesel belongs in a junkyard, Junkyard Digs belongs being #1.
One of the most fun episode's.
Old school tech tip, if you have no belt dressing, use a bar of (dry) soap on the sides of belt.
THIS^
One thing to check if you have a chronic belt squeak is the pulley alignment. Usually you can do it with a precision straight edge that is long enough but there is specialized equipment also. Some brackets for accessories are not that great and there can be part variations that can cause pulley alignment issues.
I bought an '84 Olds Cutlass new also blue. After only three years, the paint turned purple with subsurface cracking on the hood, roof & trunk. I traded it in on a new '87 gray/silver 442 which I still have. After only two years, the hood, roof & trunk paint was completely faded. I had it repainted in 1990 (non-GM paint) and it still looks great today. GM paint was awful back then. The Buick's paint likely went south in the '80s just like mine did.
Man, that’s a good taking the family to town on Sunday rig, right there
It'd sound right at home at the local truck stop.
Bingo with the compressor belt. When you would take the smog pump and ac belts off the gas g bodies you would have the same eternal squeal
Olds 307 did the same thing. The belt for smog pump and ac has to be installed to balance the sideways tension on the center pulley from the belts on the opposite side.
@@robs1852 precisely the engine I'm talking about.... Damn 84 Cutlas, took me forever to figure that out.
That's the sound of a hot rodder when I was in highschool, haha.
@@PorscheRacer14 I think back then everyone went through a g body or 2
My favorite TH-cam channel. I have diagnosed depression and anxiety disorders and this channel has helped me out tremendously! Love you guys.
Love the vid. Would love to keep seeing this one around. I like the idea of a revival that becomes a daily driver, and the fixes required along the way. Especially on something as unique as a Buick diesel.
I’ve kept belt dressing around for 40 years. Good way to isolate the worst problems when everything is chirping :)
Chirping belts? Use some comet cleanser (powder) sprinkle it lightly on running belts and the squeaky goes away! Careful though the fan will sling it EVERYWHERE so go sparingly
@@DougsterWolverineGarage that’s a new one for me, thanks.
Cheers Frank!
Armor-All or plain white bar soap has always worked for me.
My dad's old 89 Chevy one ton big block squeeled very loudly when you first started it and after a few revs of the engine it went away. Changed belts after belts. Pulleys after Pulleys. Sprayed just about every anti squeek product at the time and it still squeeled. Never did effect performance.
I've invested in a mechanic's stethoscope and it's helped me find a bunch of noises I would've otherwise thrown parts at to try to fix.
I don't know if those work on rotating belts though 😅
Junkyard Digs just jam it in there. It'll be fine. Also try and get it in between the fins on the alternator 😉😉 joking aside great video and would love to see more of these 70s/80/ early 90s American land yachts. My favorite cars. I daily drive a 92 Buick century. Greetings from Sweden
@@2strokepower803 are 90s buicks common in sweden?
I always used a piece of wood as a stethoscope.. an old wheelbarrow handle would work great
DaBossk some are actually more common than others. There is only 4 1992 centuries in the country but roadmaster wagons is quite more common. Same with park avenues of that era. And then the caprices could be found too fairly easy. 😁 we have quite a lot of American cars "over here"
Trick with unreliable engines: change oil more often than recommended
Good job on bringing this old thing back to life. I find it beautiful. The interior vintage trims, the "wood" and most importantly, those super comfy seats...
Hey Derek's mannerisms are contagious. A guy watches just one video and 4 you know it you find yerself looking for a wobble pop and a 12 year old gas can to pour down the fire make it happener and realize you forgot to check the lightning whirler and the sparkilators.
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