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The harmonic balancer in my Oldsmobile went bad. I bought a new Balancer and removed the old balancer. The bad balancer was extremely tough to remove. I rented a Pully Puller from my local Autozone. The Pully Puller wasnt big enough to remove the balancer completely. Therefore,  I used a socket as a spacer. I put the socket in the crank shaft (where the bolt goes that holds the balancer in place). I got the bad balancer off but got the socket stuck in the shaft. I tried drilling the socket to  smaller width and then hitting it with a pick and hammer. Those stainless steel sockets are tougher than i thought. Then I took it to my mechanic who tried heating it then removng it, no success. There is brass behind it so it cant get too hot. He told me to talk to a machinist and see what they could do. This car isnt worth much and im not looking to spend much to fix it. Does anyone have any advice and/or help with my problem?

Have tried to locate connection for freon can so I can charge system. Would someone please tell me where the connection is as i am disabled vet and do not have $ to pay professional to charge it. have done it before on my wife’s toyota. thanks for your support.

yesterday I drove my buick just fine.  I turned on the air conditioner and drove 7 miles.  I stoped at a place bought some gas and food at the store, got in the truck to head home . i drove 2 miles and it died. I tried to start it but it wouldn’t start. Today my mechaninc fixed it and charged me $150 dollars I drove it home,  then to my daughters ball game and did fine. We left the ball game and again went 2 miles and it died. Iit was all I could do to turn it in to someones driveway but within 15min it started up so I drove fast to get home but again within 3miles it totally died. What is wrong with it?

I was told by my long-time mechanic that our supercharger was going out.  There is a noise when the engine is idling.  Decided to take it to a Buick dealership and was told it isn’t the supercharger it is the a/c compressor.  When we said the compressor had been replaced 9 months ago, they said they would check it again.  They kept it over the weekend and checked everything.  When they detach the a/c belt the noise goes away.  When they re-attach and run the a/c the noise comes back.  They removed the belt pulley that runs the supercharger and said the supercharger was fine.  Ever since I replaced the ORIGINAL  a/c compressor the a/c has been loud.  This is the second a/c compressor since the original.  The car has 92,000 miles on it.

My question is could the supercharger being blowing out the a/c compressor or could the a/c affect the supercharger?

over heated now have gas in oil.

2000 BUICK LESABRE FULLY LOADED- V6 – WHEN IN VENT AND AC POSITION (COOL AIR), NOTHING BUT HOT AIR COMES OUT. THIS IS IN IDLEING POSITION AND WHEN RUNNING ON HIGHWAY. ALSO CLEAR DROPPLETS OF WATER WITH MINIMAL WHITE SMOKE WHEN IDLEING WITH HEAT RUNNING. NO SMOKE ONCE WARMED UP AND MOVING, BUT STILL NO COOL AIR WHEN MOVING. OVERALL CAR RUNS GREAT…..

I have a 98 Buick Century 3.1 litre v6. The odometer and gear selection Lights on the dash are just blank  i need to know how to disconnect the gauge cluster ive got it out but i cant figure out how to disconnect it. any ideas????

my park avenue dies on me while driving on sidestreets and highway. Has new coils and bat. and plugs wires, and alternator. It is probably one on the sensors. which one would be the most possible one to start with in replacing to keep engine from dying while driving.

Hi! I have a 1995 buick century special, and was wondering if there was any possible way to jump the vechicle without lifting the hood, for the simple fact that I recently got into an accident with it and cannot pop the hood because of it. If you aren’t sure, do you know where I could attain an electronic schematics diagram for the vehicle?

my car is dying when I turn left. It has died twice while I was driving down the highway. I am in need of a solution to this problem as this has become a dangerous situation. Please let me know if you know what this could be and how I can fix it. It seems to stop exactly when I turn the wheel back to the right. It also seems to not do it after I fill up the gas tank but that doesnt last long. Thank you for your time.