When you get an old car you need to find as many manuals pertaining to your model as possible. Hubby finds his all over the place and starts the purchases immediately. Books like an assembly manual is considered the Holy Grail. Those were basically step-by-step (assembly) procedures from the factory and unfortunately those books only go back to about the 60's.
In the 1925 Buick's case, he wanted a maintenance/overhaul manual, a parts book, an electrical schematic, and perhaps one on the carburetor.
While recently working on the cowl disassembly, a hole located directly in front of the shift lever caught his eye. He remembered seeing a rusty locking mechanism in one of the parts boxes that came with the car and after checking his trusty
parts manual saw that this hole was for a shifter lock.
A key would be used to set--or lock-- the shifter in gear or place so the car wouldn't be moved or driven off. You saw the condition of the vehicle in Post #1 so you already know he doesn't have a key, but he DOES have a good locksmith in town that can do anything.
 |
| Yale Lock |
 |
| Note the set screw on the side to snug it tight. |
Amusing point: The set screw you see above holds the locking piece in. Unscrew that and the lock comes loose. If you had a screwdriver you could steal the car.
Back to the point of this post: Make a list of the manuals and books you want for your vehicle and immediately start hunting them down so you have them on hand. Without the parts book to reference, figuring out that hole would be difficult.
No comments:
Post a Comment