John Serfling's Blog – July 2013 Archive (2)

Power Seat Transmission

I have figured out why the power seat in my '63 convertible moves so slowly.  The motor works fine by itself, but the gears in the power seat transmission are really sticky.  When you turn the input shaft by hand it is hard to make it turn, they are so sticky.  What do you clean the old stuff off with?  The gears are nylon.  I don't want to melt them with a solvent.  After getting the sticky off, what type of lubricant…

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Added by John Serfling on July 6, 2013 at 8:07pm — 10 Comments

New foam for the seat cushion

"I need to replace the foam in the front seat cushion of my '63 convertible.  Do pre-fabricated foam sets exist for this car?  All I find are ones for the muscle cars and sports cars.  Any recommendations for the type and thickness of foam to get, if I can't find pre-fabs?"

Added by John Serfling on July 6, 2013 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

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Convertible bumper jack

Started by Alan Clark in 1963/64 Cadillac Specific Discussion. Last reply by Jason Edge 19 hours ago. 8 Replies

My car lacks the mechanism or spring needed to hold the jack in the storage slot on the right side of the trunk.  Anyone have a picture of the item I should find?Continue

Rear Main Seal Oil Leak Fix with Bearing Cap Modification

Started by Kurt in 1963/64 Cadillac Specific Discussion. Last reply by Dennis P. DiBari on Tuesday. 25 Replies

Many owners have reported oil leaks at the rear main seal even after replacing the seal, myself included. Recently Tony Lentini found a Serviceman bulletin published in February 1965 which details a…Continue

Front grill

Started by Phillip Hill in 1963/64 Cadillac Specific Discussion on Monday. 0 Replies

Hi everyone im currently restoring my my front grill due to some previous clown painting it with silver frost paint and doing a dodgy job I would like to know what parts of the grill are anodised.it…Continue

A Big Shout Out in Pictures to Robert Kirnard and His 49K Mile 1964 Fleetwood 60 Special!

Started by Jason Edge in 1963/64 Cadillac Specific Discussion. Last reply by Dennis P. DiBari on Sunday. 1 Reply

A Big Shout Out to Robert Kirnard, 1963-64 Cadillac Chapter Member, who just picked up this super clean and great running 49K Mile 1964 Fleetwood 60 Special. He drove it to our Carolina Region CLC…Continue

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1963 RHS A/C kick panel - photos needed

Posted by SK on June 2, 2025 at 2:20pm 2 Comments

Could someone post front and back photos of the 1963 right-hand kick panel with A/C?

My car didn’t come with the original kick panels, so it's a bit of a mystery to me how I should cut the backing board and carpet to fit around the A/C.

Many thanks,

-Samu

Edelbrock Carb Block off Plates

Posted by Chase on March 12, 2025 at 2:05pm 14 Comments

Hey guys,

I have installed the same Edelbrock carb and have done everything the same as Jason’s carb and intake project. In the spring and summer months the car starts, runs and idles great! In the fall and winter months on a cold start, the car starts awful and wants to die until it warms up. I have to keep my foot on the throttle until it warms up or it will idle just terrible and try to die. Once it’s warm, it runs fantastic! Whats going on here? I was thinking of removing the…

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'63 Tailfin Tales

Posted by Mark Mata on February 22, 2025 at 5:00pm 9 Comments

New old stock seat material

Posted by Ray Schick on August 22, 2024 at 6:25pm 2 Comments

I bought this seat material thinking that it’s…

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