"spun a bearing on my original so popped in my second buick. the one thing i dont like about these is the oiling system. but they sure are torque monsters"
The Buick oiling system left a lot to be desired, it was even worse with the harmonics and roughness when made into a 90 degree V6 back in '61. This was finally corrected in the late 80s when the Buick V6s were officially called the '3800' and '3300', both distributorless. I don't know if anyone has made any effort to retrofit the gerotor pump and drive collar on the crank to a V8, but it is an awesome system.
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The drive 'collar' for the oil pump / crankshaft gear is just slid over the end of the crank. Here it is removed;
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Oil filter and pressure regulator still in the same place with filter hanging off the cover, but turned downward so they won't empty and cause dry starts.
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The rope seal finally went away sometime in the 80s too! I ran across one putting a timing chain in an '80 Cutlass and didn't have a clue what I was looking at!
