Please tell me that it will be living on the road as a daily driver again...I'll keep that in mind. This pump is...rough. Makes me wonder if evap-o-rust or some such could be brought to bear, it's pretty innocuous. Unsure.
Finished scraping the marine life out of that rearmost block freeze plug, and while it looks a whole lot better than I *expected*, yeah, it also looks like it's pinholed and needs replaced. I'll clean a bit more and see what I see before I take the big hammer to it.
#3? Looks surprisingly good. Makes me suspect that the rear 2 freeze plugs have been replaced over the years. Almost had to be, given how shiny they buff out.
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Upcoming: Going to take a break from the Buick for a bit, doing some vacationing stuff and won't be in the garage for a time. Will let parts I have ordered trickle in. Plan is to be rested, refreshed, and ready to jump back on it when I start up again!
I'd hate to see so much work for a car to be used as eye candy.