Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

I want one of these!!!!!

Blair "Race Brake" that is a cool DAY-2 modification:-)

Ryan

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Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Another fun Muscle Car day!!!!

Jamie's hockey team won their game in the morning!!! First place in house league, so far!!!

I then visited an engine builder in Cambridge Engine Technology, I was very impressed with the engine projects on the go, his CNC machines, his manual machines, water brake dyno/break in stand. Billet Hemi heads, Olds 400, 455's, 350 Chevy's, all brands, all types, and lots of used engines for parts.

I am trying to learn as much as I can before making any engine decisions, but I would be very confident in an engine build and tested here.

Then read the Canadian hot rod magazine and found out I missed seeing a nice 69 F85 at Pumkinfest:-( looks like big rear tires:-)

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Sorted through all my boxes and labelled everything, except a few misc bins like this:-)

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Even the misc boxes are cool 1976.... last year the car was driven.

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Have to press off the bearings and sleeves

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Found out I have to heat up these plastic plugs to get the original U-Joints out:-)

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On Chevelle's I see a bumper/pinion snubber in the middle of the frame.... mine has a hole but no bumper..... should I add one? Is it a bumper for full down suspension travel of a pinion snubber like in leaf spring cars?

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Need to make up washers to repair the two rusted body mount areas on the frame, thickness looks like 10 gauge will do, 1.25"

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Terrible sketch to show bushing sizes in the upper ears of the rear end housing, and a reminder to borrow a 1 1/4 socket to remove the pinion shaft.

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Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

If there is no visual evidence of the rear end bumper snubber.....then it never had one. No reason to remove it, why would Al remove it?
I would ask this question to the Olds guys. if it did not have one....I would not add one.

REMEMBER.....YOU HAVE A RARE OLDSMOBILE.....Treat it as it deserves [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If there is no visual evidence of the rear end bumper snubber.....then it never had one. No reason to remove it, why would Al remove it?
I would ask this question to the Olds guys. if it did not have one....I would not add one.

REMEMBER.....YOU HAVE A RARE OLDSMOBILE.....Treat it as it deserves [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan </div></div>

I checked with a bunch of Olds guys and even a Buick guy (W-31-Killer Tom Miller 14K Mile car) and no indications that 68-72 Oldsmobile A-Body cars had them, other than potentially the Canadian made cars with the Chevy 12 bolt rear end.

I still don't truly know what this bumper would do.... my assumption is it would come in contact with the rear end housing after going over a set of rail road tracks at a high rate of speed (Bottom out) With a four link the geometry/pinion angle is set by the links (and the arc of travel) not like a leaf spring car with axle wrap to reduce with a snubber.....

I don't have any issue doing small GM bolt on improvements to my car, like trailing arms, and bumper/snubber for example, if it works better there is no downside. My focus is drive-abilty. &quot;Day 1.5&quot;

Kind of like using those gorgeous NOS engine mount warranty improvement cable &quot;thingys&quot; on an L78/L89 Chevelle:-)

Ryan

I have to remind myself a few hundred times a week.............. RARE CAR, NOT A RARELY DRIVEN CAR!!!!! If I meet my goal of driving my car late in the summer of 2017 the car will have sat dormant for 40 years exactly, she may be rare but she needs a good run:-)

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Keep it up.. Summer of 2017 will be here before you know it.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Keep chipping away at it!

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Rick Pauley sent me detailed pictures of the body mount nuts.

This makes sense now, I assumed the nuts are square inside the cage?

Thanks Rick!!!

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Ryan

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

I have done a little research in the assembly manual, what a treasure chest!!!

For example Chevelle's have a bracket to hold the brake lines above the rear end housing, but Olds is threaded right into the housing, as shown in the assembly manual.

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Started digging through my Inline Tube order this stuff is gold!!! I am so happy with the quality, looks like new parts.

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Lots of fun!! I also accidentally bought the rear bumper so I don't have to decide to use it or not...... I have it and I have a wrench:-)


Lines look perfect, I thought I was missing the little lines from the front wheel cylinders to the flex lines, but they are right there, complete with special fittings just like the originals from the car:-)

Ryan

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Get her off to Powder Coat [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Soon, had a bit less time this week and last, and figuring out how to disassemble all the bushings.

RamblinDealer agreed to allow me to use his press so if I can make up the braces and such by the weekend I hope to wrap that up.

Ryan