AllTorque

Try ripco. IIRC I saw them advertised a while back. or maybe it was BNT??

The tailgate lock has always been loose and would fall out when the tailgate was lowered. It is supposed to switch the electric rear window but wasn't plugged into anything. I found the wiring and switch inside the tailgate as well as the lock retaining clip. After cleaning the switch contacts and glueing the switch back onto the lock it was all reassembled. It even works! There is a little rust along the bottom of the tailgate so I gave that a tickle with some rust converter to try to slow it down a tad. Discus: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33837-alltorques-1970-buick-sportwagon/page__st__20

All the cool kids post pics of their WOF stickers...

if your lights work and your wheel bearing are sweet.

As I am a WOF inspector all this talk of slammed trailers got me looking into the rules, so I rang NZTA and was told; There is no requirement for a trailer to have suspension. There is no minimum height for a trailer. Now I wan one damn it.

I once heard a story of a fulla that wired his amp to the fuel pump power feed. Doof doof goes up and car goes slow. lol

REAR SEAT BELTS. The rear seats have factory waist seat belts. That's fine for miss 1 year old's baby seat but mr 4 year old uses a booster seat and would probably snap in half in a crash with a 2 point seat belt. I plan to get some 3 point belts from usa that will match the gm ones but ran out of time for xmas holidays cruising the buick. I found the wagon has factory shoulder belt mounts but uses 2 small bolts. The plan is to put the larger single bolt in between the original nuts. I had to file the hole slightly larger. Welded a belt nut to a small plate and some welding wire to position the nut. Put a small screw through in to the plate so the nut wont drop when I remove the belt. Now the bit that made me nervous. Drilling a hole in a 40 year old interior panel. Discovered 2 circles on the bake of the panel that match the original mounts, so just drilled a hole in the middle of the circles. All together. I did both sides so when little miss is ready for a booster seat all I have to do is drill a hole in the left hand panel and bolt th belt in. The 'modern' belt tucks away when not in use so is nice and low key. DISCUSSION: http://oldschool.co....__hl__alltorque

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Special Interest Vehicle. http://www.nzta.govt...t-vehicles.html

Today in mana it was raining buckets sideways . If it is half as bad tommorow it will be shit arse. Where is the Nandos in JVille?

Congrats on WOF success. New belts look all good. Black on black FTW.

Stay positive people. Forecast is usually wrong.

CHEAP RETRO SOUNDS I hade a big hole in the dash where a head unit should be, so I bought a old 70's stereo off trade me. It has a built in CB radio and some sweet fake woodgrain.Once received I discovered the CB is USA spec 27mhz, not compatible with NZ's 26mhz so no mungo aerial just yet.I'm not keen to cut holes anywhere for speakers so decided to mount new speakers in the factory spot under the centre of the dash. Hidden by the mother of all heater ducts was the orignal 1970 single speaker. A couple of new 4 inch no brand speakers I've had in the garage for a few years. Rattle can black. Bolted together then zip tied to that duct. Flash. Radio installed in factory spot. The sound out of th FM radio in so much better than expected.I can tune in the ipod with a itrip and cruise to some sweet 70's rock

Is this for the rear muffler flap? I think the muff flap is ecu controlled. Just pull it off and hold the flap open with some wire or something.

Have you looked into getting the LPG hooked up again? It could save you some $$$$ on fuel and LPG is 99 octane.

With retractable the key would be to pull them all the way out, then the belt slides off the drum. just make sure you dont let the drum unwind. There is a small loop in that end of the belt with a platstic bit inside. With the plistic bit out you should be able to slide off the buckle, fit desired buckle and re assemble. I really wouldn't recommend restitching any part of a seatbelt that takes the force of impact.

Please say it is a full on air bag set up.

That would be like a live tutorial! What better way to learn?

I'm no ford expert but I don't think I have seen a radisich probe.

Those engines in the radisich version telstar are awesomly zoomy.

Bring a tow rope. I'll get ya to the top. V 8 P O W E R edit , kicker beat me.

Yeah the tail gate is a cool feature. It includes an electric window, switched from the dash. Awesome cruising on a hot day with the back window down.

Have done a few jobs since the last update.I got a wheel alignment, which has made a huge difference. The castor was actually negative before the alignment which explains the shopping trolly handling. After adjustment I ended up with only a small amount of posive castor. I wanted more but they were resricted by the balloon tyres becasue the wheels move back as castor angle is added. Seeing as new BFGs aren't in the budget right now it'll have to be close enough. Handling is 10X better than it was.I lost a hub cap a while back. I just managed to find a full set on trade me. So I now have 3 spares. I have owned the wagon for 6 months now so I decided it was about time I gave the poor old girl a tune up. Plugs, points, leads were all pretty new. Set the points gap, added 4 degrees more timing (base timing 8 btdc) Adjusted idle jets on the carb. Boom, that woke her up.The Buick has no factory water temp guage, just a too late light (overheat light), which has a broken sender. I chucked in a Trisco old school looking temp guage under the dash. I also have a new switch for the hot light on the way.

Closed saturday morning sorry.

Viva come see me for a wof if it isn't to far for ya