FORGOTTEN 34 Years! Will This V8 Buick LeSabre RUN and DRIVE? Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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I love a good Buick. Especially one that is such a clean example as this one! This 1965 LeSabre was sold after the previous owner passed away, and I caught it in a junkyard before it was crushed! Think it'll run and drive for the first time since 1989? Stick around to the end of the video to find out!
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YEARS AGO,
I was in a gas station when an old guy pulled in with a stone stock 1984 Olds 4 door sedan. Nothin special, EXCEPT, it looked BRAND NEW. I went over and talked to the old fellow & he said he had come to hate all modern cars what with their computerization & emissions it costs a fortune to get fixed anymore. He said he used to work on his own cars but not these new ones. SO, he searched & searched & searched until he found this clean Olds, bought it & delivered it directly to a shop who did a full frame off restoration rebuilding EVERYTHING.
Rebuilt engine, trans, diff, all new electrical wiring, new brakes, new upholstery, stripped & painted the frame & body & delivering to him a BRAND NEW 1984 Olds. NOW, he said, this car I can maintain myself. The whole resto cost him $22K, less than a new car. He was pleased as punch.
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Definitely needs a Four Barrel to really appreciate all its power and capabilities. Old Buicks are so amazing and have a unique driving experience. My favorite was a 1967 Electra with the 340 - 4 Barrel, super quick car and the ride was so smooth. Get her a rear bumper and hood and she will be nearly complete.
The buzz is a Speed Minder dash. It was a option. The trans is a ST300 Super Turbine with switch pitch converter 1st should come out around 65 2nd will do 120. My 67 with the V6 will chirp if your doing about 50 and smash it to the floor. The box switch is your kick down switch. You should have another switch on the linkage that controls the Stator to give you a high medium and low stall. As for parts TA Performance and the Buick Club Of America.
Most people put a toggle switch. At least to test operation of internals.
@Tj1983coggin On a ST 300 all you need to do is turn on your wipers. If they work you have power. It's energized when you are on the brakes.
I have some cars with painted original steel wheels. But those hubcaps you have look beautiful. They make the car look classy: Well, that is the way it should be. It is a Buick after all.
I do love the old Buicks. My granddad had a 69 4 door wildcat 455. Loved that car. My uncles say it was the fastest car in town. Good looking cars. Thanks Dylan for saving this ol’ Lasabre!
I love these old big buicks and oldsmobiles. Such great cruisers and room for your 12 best friends. Hope you keep this on around and even though it's running better, a 4 barrel still couldn't hurt.
Thank you Mr. McCool!
Listening to the piano and organ reminds me of my parents so much!
I lost my Dad 3 years ago on March 13th 2020.
And then I lost my Mom 3years to the date this year on March 13th 2023.
It is nice to have a song or part in a movie, place or picture, or in this case, a genre of music make you feel good again.
Thank you my brother.❤
James
Never underestimate the power and resilience of a Buick. Remember Walter Chrysler started his career working at buick. 😁🤙
Exactly 🎯 💯
He retired from Buick ,
a millionaire .
Then Started Chrysler
No wonder Walter built such tough cars, he learned from the Dodge Brothers ! Tough old rigs both ! Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿
104@@stevelee5724 Dodge... ? Tough ?? Ha ha, ummm... okay...
I am a GM guy. And a friend of me worked in a mopar shop for many, many years. In his classic car collection he owned only GM vehicles. He claims that GM cars were more reliable than Mopars of Fords. And he should know.
The super solid Mopars were the ones built shortly after WW2. They were simple and heavy cars.
Later on there were incredibly nice, powerful and beautiful vehicles built by Mopar and I love them. But those cars had quite some weaknesses.
Buick was an incredible brand back in Fifties and Sixties.
@@stevelee5724 umm hey dipstick Buick is built by Chevy not dodge
Dylan, you're so good at welding that I think that rear bumper could be cut in two pieces at the bend and rewelded together strait.
Was thinking the same. Most of the bumper looked decent. Just "mad max" the rest of it. Would still look better than leaving the bumper off.
Absolutely love when you bring these beautiful cars back to life thus saving them from the crusher. Thank you for the great video, Dylan. Cheers.🇨🇦🇺🇸
I love the look and sound of this sweet ol ride! Get an air cleaner on it before all that dirt ruins the engine!
It's always the simplest things that can be the most frustrating. Glad the problem was just a couple of crossed plug wires. That Buick has a lot of potential to be a great cruiser.
I would really like to see you install true dual exhaust with long tube headers with glasspack mufflers because a V8 runs the best with dual exhaust. It even sounds the best with dual exhaust
Yes V8's run much better with dual exhaust. Had a N600 with a 390 2 barrel and a 5 speed. When the exhaust was switched to dual from a single that made quite a difference in how that 390 ran. Unfortunately that truck shredded its rear end and that was the end of it.
I really want to see a lot more with this car. Let’s see a performance intake and carb!
Thoroughly enjoyed Part 2! Brought a tear to my eye and I applauded seeing this ole' guy back out from the garage under his own power. Sounds absolutely strong and powerful, like a muscle car or a race car! Now you say you love the car so be nice with it! Yes we enjoyed that drifting demo but aren't you concerned about running that internally clean engine through all that dust? Get an air cleaner on there and put the hood back on! Then rip it!❤😅😊
And fix that frame rail.
Good project.great job please don't give up on the buick I think it will make a great driver.
Great team work honestly is the best policy . Keeping it real 👌. Cool Le Sabre !!! Your getting the coolest stable of cars on the RUclipsrs, thanks for sharing your adventures 👍💨💨
Mortske repair recently had one of these on his channel.if you’re interested
Hey Dylan, great videos! Love what you're doing. More of a Mopar man myself but I do appreciate the Buicks also like that video you did on the mustang 2. That was pretty cool. Something you may want to look for. There's another RUclipsr in around the Nashville Tennessee area. His RUclips handle is Mr. Rodder's neighborhood you know like Mr. Rogers neighborhood he will most likely have a four barrel small block Buick intake or he can point you in the direction of one. Just thought I'd pass that along if somebody hasn't already all right. God bless and have a great one!
Its good to see again Dylan McCool glad your still working on the muscle car it awesome can wait too see more
Amazing how well it works with 8 cylinders vs Only 6 LOL 😂 1:04:55 nice work @Dylan McCool
Somebody loved it and tried to save it at some point, so glad you found it and got it going again.
I bought my first car at 14, in 1980. A '65 Buick Wildcat. same body as this Lesabre, but all churched up. 401 4 barrel, dual exhaust, "Switch pitch" TH400, 3.23'a with posi, buckets, console shift, factory tach, AM/FM with reverb, power windows, seats, etc. also a dark blue, and had the Buick version Magnum 500 rims. It also had the "speed warning" on the speedo. Hot tip...turn it up to 90 mph, by then you can't hear it yelling at you. :)
I should have kept it, but sometimes it's just not in the cards. I sold it in '89, and the new owner blew the 401 nailhead up a few months later.
Awesome to see we're back on. This old girl with the Mint internals in this engine 1:41 can't wait to get My t shirts @Dylan McCool
I love these videos, the older I get the more I appreciate older cars. It's awesome to see people a little younger than me save these things before they are extinct
I believe that they had recently had the motor out of this car for the oil pump, timing chain and main and rod bearings and shortly after it goes away to the junkyard... Glad to see you saved it this is a cruise night car!!
Really glad to see this old gal up and running again. These old Buicks make for such sweet cruisers when sorted and running right!
205/70R15s you say? That's the exact size tire my '99 LeSabre uses. X3
We had one of those speed indicators set for 90 and my Mom took a nap while Grandma was driving from LA to Palm Springs .Grandma woke up Mom with the buzzer sound much to our dismay !
One thing is quite frustrating sometimes about your channel Dylan is that I watch your revival of a certain car which is interesting to me and I wanna see more from it but unfortunately you don’t follow up on your cars ex. Your challenger (which brought me to your channel), the 58 Plymouth, the ratty 69 charger etc…
I think most of your viewers will agree with me on this. Also, I see that you do a different revival on each episode. It might be easier for you that way I don’t know but, It is more fun for me to focus on one car at a time and build a series and a following for us viewers.
Nonetheless, I really appreciate your work for our entertainment and I really enjoy every episode and I hope you all the best.
Thats a wonderful find. Great work guys
Absolute beauty 😊. Love what you do,please don't stop .Keep keeping those old cars alive.. 😊
I can't believe that was on it's way to the crusher!
The Buick turned out really good. It ain't even bad now, just needs a rear bumper maybe. If it is a 350 Buick, i think Edelbrock has a 4bbl intake for it. Maybe the 2bbl is fine with the correct firing order. Never know. This car has potential
That's a nail head
Loved it! Cant beat a Buick or Pontiac. You sure sucked a lot of dirt down the carb though.
What a beatiful work! The new exhaust gave it a music! Yes as music and the Poppy's Patina gave a wonderful shine ! (Though it's freaking expansive). Excellent!
Hey Dylan thank you for the video and thank you for saving another one
We had a 71 LeSabre back in the late 70’s… loved it!
I usually don't say much about what i see on these shows but i can tell you all this. that was cool
every old car i had that was v8.
the first thing i did was give it duel pipes with corvair mufflers.
There's at least two reasons I love this channel.
Keep it up, mate.
You two are having too much fun. Keep at it!
43:17 - damn, that thing is gorgeous. Nice work!
I think a good idea from now on would be to have a chase car when you take an unknown or heavily prepared car out.
Well done with your perseverance in getting this old gal up and running again. It is a beauty of a car that was well deserving of a new lease of life.
You did not "drug it into the shop" by the way. You dragged it.
Excited to see more on this one
Hello Dylan. I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but, the brake booster can be the source of a major, and inconsistent vacuum leak that you may not be able to hear. Love the car and good luck.
I laughed so hard when you said that you had the 4 and 6 plug wires backwards. Done that a time or to myself.
Drives me crazy! We checked it twice and still managed to goof it up.
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Stuff happens. Trust me , it's happened to a lot of guys. I once put new plug wires on a 55 Chevy 265. I checked twice. Tried to start back fired. I checked a 3rd time, and figured out what I did wrong. I had the fire order correct, but going in the wrong direction. I felt very stupid, but that's not the only time I made a mistake. Stupid YES, did I learn YES.
51:18 must`ve been really lucky to find the hub cap AND Jack Nicholson in the same spot.👍 Keep it up!
I have a 1965 Buick Wildcat, these are great cars !!! I love these videos ( part 1 and 2 ) Great job guys !!!!
Dylan going to have to put some more work on this old Buick. To make a driver out of it. Timing and lifters are a thing to check. The carburetor has to be replaced. Now it’s overheating, thermostat. But, that crossed up plug wire was probably all it was. Thank you for sharing! 💯👊👍
Vary awesome indeed. Nice job on getting it running again. Looking awesome too. Keep up the great work.
Glad you found the issue. The old Buick just wants to go! Thanks for the video!
Old girl sounds pretty dang good with no muffler kinda sounds like a demolition Dirby Car 31:38 😂 love it @Dylan McCool
Its honna be interesting driving it in the dark, with the carb popping😊
also, those donuts you were doing in the field with no air filter on the carb is like rubbing those cylinder walls with 80 grit sandpaper (heavy dirt straight into the carb mixing with fuel)
Sad but true!😢
2 plugs swapped so it had a firing order issue we all make mistakes glad it was found she runs so smooth now 1:00:00 @Dylan McCool
Love the patina on this old girl looks good with the small amounts of red and brown coming through 22:56 @Dylan McCool
Love how you keep smiling at the end,pure enjoyment! rly love how this car turned out!!!
In a low monetary cost to get a GM starter motor solenoid to function is to remove the motor from the car, remove the solenoid from the motor and disassemble the solenoid. Remove the cap and flip, rotate the the main stud in the cap. Only half of it is used to make contact with the internal contact ring. Clean the oxidation from the ring too. Reassemble everything. Bench test before installing in the car. I’ve witnessed success with doing this.
To see that old beauty run again warms the heart. I love those 60's LeSabres.
Old Buicks are just so classy,
This is looking bad ass too.
That's a cool old car, you can see why the hubcaps were in the trunk, if you wanted to keep them, you had to take them off as the things never stayed on. Keep them in the trunk as a "value added" when you go to sell it, and paint the wheels like you want. You can still choose to put the hubcaps on top of a painted wheel with chrome lug nuts if you want at a show. I'd have a fabricator fix that frame arch while it's still in one piece, it's cheap to have done, and easier and cheaper to do before it breaks as they'll have a template to work from. It's worth doing right by this car!
Matt
Im impressed the Roof still has insulation not to bad just the headliner Needs to be removed 25:05 cleaning up so well what a nice old Ride and Im Loving The old Time Music @Dylan McCool
My neighbor when I was a young man had a 66/67 Skylark with blue paint and blue and chrome interior. Was loaded with most of the goodies for the time.
Great choice in car and in music while you were cleaning it up.
tks for sharing the stuff you messed up.....gives hope to us that really don't know what to do.....glad u figured it out ....good job....
What a most gorgeous beast. I love your work, mindset and perseverance.
You saved the shit out of that old Buick. Good for you guys!
I noticed the hard stopping is still happening its like there is a ring ridge getting caught but that engine is super clean on the inside.. The poping out the carb makes me think its 180 degrees Out Of time 5:51 @Dylan McCool
It does my heart good to see this beauty back on the road! Hope to see her again.
Love the old buicks especially the 2 door big blocks
You are doing great and assisting a young man in his life.
what a great video, could tell you were having fun working on your drifting technics in the yard, way to go dylan
Now I finally remembered that I urgently needed some driprail trim for my 65 Pontiac Catalina 2d ht.
I found cheap parts from a 65 Le Sabre. Parts of it were identical. The part on mine that was missing could be replaced by the Buick part. The more that I look at the car, the more things I see that are identical to my Catalina. I even used Chevy parts.
Those were the great days of GM. I have friends that are absolute Buick fanatics. They are great cars. Most of their vehicles are late Fifties though.
If you take your time fixing that one up a bit cosmetically as well, you will have a great daily driver. Those cars have a lot of power and torque. And they are reliable.
Excellent video 😊 one thing learned always double check your work and what would be cool if you could find the owner of this vehicle and show that it needed some love.
Backfiring through the carb indicates that an intake valve is opened when the plug fires. Could be timing, or possibly a sticking intake valve, as the engine will run pretty smooth , then have trouble starting. Just my thoughts. Don't beat me up too much if I'm wrong. I'm just an arm chair mechanic.
This car looks like it has the ST300 switch pitch 2 speed transmission with the variable pitch torque converter. That’s probably what that switch assembly is used for on the intake manifold carburetor linkage. A pretty cool feature for that car.
That engine's got the ingredients, but you've got to tear it down and rebuild it. I think the timing's off because it's not properly balanced, or there could be some valvetrain problems. If it gets a second chance through a rebuild, I'm sure that small block is a winner
HartWick 👋
This video makes me realize 2 things: 1, a 65 Buick has an amazing looking front end! work of art! and 2, really makes you wonder about the cars that didnt get rescued at junkyards and car crushers. How many coulda been saved instead of crushed?
Dylan,
My 1960 Invicta has the speed alert as well.
Cool video, thank you.
Another classic saved by Dylan . Let’s we more of this cool classic. I’m currently working on a 99 Sonoma it has a 350 in it , next week the rebuilt turbo 350 will be installed. I plan to have it on the road next spring . Cheers 🇨🇦
This one is the nicest car you worked on since I watch this channel.....keep going on Dylan, such a fun!!! THX!!!
Great video, Dylan. Loved watching this old buick being resurrected by you guys. Enjoyed the old gospel music you played during the cleanup.
Another old girl back from the dead great work and awesome video nice to see them old cars back on the road a little termination and boom driving again 👍🏻
Remove the distributor cap and grab the harmonic balancer and check for timing chain slop. Might be what's causing the backfiring
That Buick sounds so good. Love my GM products!!!
Of course a '65 Buick has a "speed 'minder" . My Dad's '61 olds Dynamic 88 had one too. He'd put it way up so it'd never go off, & us boys would reset it much lower without telling him. One little thing surprising him like that made him mad as a hornet!
It's ironic the future car show is at a church, and you took the car to church with the wash. Music and all❤👍
Happy for the LeSabre! Would like a 3rd episode. Keep going on this one!
Loosing a hubcap can be annoying. Once when I made a sharp turn with my 63 Chevy I heard onr roll off. I turned and I saw a Mini with the hubcap stuck under the front bumper. Shame on me that I did not stop to tell the guy it was my hubcap. Luckily I still had a spare.
You can tell you're mate really loves this car.
Give it to him.
Out filling the carb with dirt always helps,put a 4 barrel intake on it with a 750 holley,find a 75 or 76 monte Carlo and grab the bucket swivel seats,put a console with shifter in the floor,and order you a set of 15 inch baby moon hubcaps and you be good!!
The knock from the oil pan hitting the crank was must likely that when the person who pulled the engine out to rebuild it the engine got dropped it on the frame crossmember going in or out and that dented the oil pan and they failed to check the oil pan for clearance. My dad got a very good buy on an 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 that a guy had rebuilt the engine and transmission the drive train had a bad vibration in it that he couldn't find. So the got frustrated and gave up and sold it cheep. My dad bought it trailered it home and pulled out the transmission to put in a good one he had thinking the problem was in the trans and while he was checking the torque converter and flex plate found that who ever put the flex plate back on after the engine rebuild did not know that one of the bolt holes was offset so that the plate would only fit on in one position because the engine is balanced by the flex plate so the just wobbled out one of the holes to make it fit. He pulled it off rotated it 180 degrees put it on in the right place put the transmission back in and it ran like new no vibration at all.
Loving the commercial songs during the time lapse! Hope that comes permanent!!
Cool old cars are hard to beat. It’s a cruiser not a Racer. Great job Dylan
Great video! So much fun watching!
Hat tip to Briar. Young man knows his way around an old car.
Would love to see more of this car on the channel
AWESOME GUYS...GREAT VIDEO 👍❤😇🙏LOVE THE HONESTY!!!GOD BLESS 🙏
I feel vindicated!! I was yelling at the screen the whole time,"running on 6...... check the firing order! " (I LOVE stuff)
This was a great video. The old Buick looks good to me. Best wishes and blessings to you.
The solenoid works only if the motor and it’s bearings are in good shape