Yes, I'd like to see pictures too. I always thought the Buick straight eight would make a good truck engine. I have seen a few sawmills powered by Buick. :) Wish I had pictures.
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Yes, I'd like to see pictures too. I always thought the Buick straight eight would make a good truck engine. I have seen a few sawmills powered by Buick. :) Wish I had pictures.
That's a nice looking Buick!
Forty plus years ago, a friend of mine and I went halves on a 1952 Special. After we got it to my house, we discovered that someone had removed the oil filter unit. My dad, who had had a '50 Super...
What model is it? Special, Super or Roadmaster? I have a copy of 70 years of Buick by George Dammann and it lists production numbers, but I need the model. You can reach me at ass0mine1@yahoo.com .
Welcome!
Do you have any pictures you can post?
I'd be interested in a couple of shirts.
Welcome. If you turn your own wrenches, the 1952 shop manual is on-line here on the forum. Very, very little difference between 1952 and 1953.
Very nice. I've owned a couple of early 1950s Buicks, but the Torpedo body style, like yours, is my favorite.
Yeah, I know. I failed to put a date in my post. Thanks for correcting it for me )
A member has a 1947 320 engine for sale in the classifieds. It shows the machining for side engine mounts. I know the 248 engines used front engine mounts. When did the 320 engine start using the...
As stated, Specials were the 40 series and the Supers were the 50 series. Roadasters were the 70 series.
Back in the day, each division of General Motors had their own engines and most had their...
A Roadmaster should have a 320 cubic inch engine. The Special and Super had 248 ci engines.
Good luck with your project. I love that body style!
20-30 years ago, I took my high beam switch apart and cleaned it. This was in a '52 Super. It wasn't hard at all. Just needed to clean up the contacts.
"...windshield wipers, which will probably sweep too fast."
You don't have to worry about the wipers; they're vacuum operated. :)
"I purchased a L8..."
I hate to nitpick, but No, you didn't buy an L8 Buick engine.
Buick used overhead valve engines (OHV). An L head engine is a flathead. Some Olds and Pontiacs had flathead...
$1.58.9 at the Marathon station in Speedwell, Virginia, down in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
When you put an early DynaFlow into Drive (D), it smoothly (and slowly :D) accelerates but does not change gears. There is also a Low (L) range, used for faster take-offs and low traction situtions....
I'm going to nitpick a bit, but Buick never used an L head eight. L refers to a flathead. Buick used valve-in-head engines for almost their entire production, starting in 1904.
Oldsmobile and...
Check the linkage first.
Here is the 1952 shop manual. A '52 Special is basically the same as a '53 Special: http://www.teambuick.com/reference/library/52_shop/
Download the 1952 manual, found on the opening page of each e-mail. The instructions are there in section 10-34, #20. It is pretty easy.
There was no switch under the gas pedal, as built by the factory. The switch is mounted on the side of the carb. When you depress the gas pedal, a slide inside of the switch drops and the starter is...
GM used to make a heat riser lube. Not sure if it is still available or not. If not, use liquid Kroil. Squirt some on both ends of the shaft and then tap on either end, alternating front, rear,...
On a 1950 Buick, the VIN is on a plate screwed to the door frame AND it is also stamped on the left frame side rail near the brake master cylinder.
Try there.
According to page 10-88 of my 1950 shop manual, the temperature vapor bulb is "...attached by a plug to the right rear corner of the engine cylinder head so that it extends into the cooling water."