Section 6 · Pages 118–140 (23 pages)

Engine

From the 1942 Buick Shop Manual

Mechanical service of the Buick valve-in-head straight-eight engines, starting with a chart of engine speed against car speed for each series and axle ratio. Covers engine mountings and identification, cylinder heads and gaskets, crankshaft and main bearings, torsion balancers, timing chain cover, pistons and the piston fitting chart, piston rings and pins, camshaft and run-out check, valve springs, push rods and rocker arm shafts, valve timing, timing chain and sprockets, flywheel, starter ring gear and flywheel housing alignment, compression check, oversize production engines, cylinder bores and engine roughness.