[1936 Buick Special Front Control Arm Pins]

Hello Stan,

I tried again today to get the pivot pin as per your detail directions. I got the spring out and still can not get the pin out. I put a lot of heat on it and tried pulling it out with vice grips. It won’t budge. The pin is loose on the otter part where the bushings are worn, but It’s really tight in the knuckle. Locking pin is removed. Can’t figure this out. Thanks again!

Robert

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[1936 Buick Special Front Control Arm Pins]

Hello Stan!

Thanks for detailing this out for me. I guess I will have to give it a shot when the 8 degree weather gets warmer up here!

It is really that easy? I guess once you complete the steps you provided, the bottom pin can be removed freely?

The pins on the passenger side are so warn, the guy would not pass it for inspection. As I drove the car too, the front wheels would start to wobble going about 45mph on a straight highway. Very dangerous, you almost have come to a stop…to make the wheels stop wobbling. I also noticed a bent rim, so that must have been triggering the wobble. Plus I have to fix the stabalizer bar again, links keep breaking. Prob from the wobble. The leaver shocks have nothing left either.

Robert

[1936 Buick Special Steering Lock]

Oh, that sounds great than. Thanks for your reply Joel! I was able to get the glove box lock out last night, very simple. I am just hoping that the ignition lock is the same. When I bought the car, the guy said the keys were lost many many years ago... so when I looked up on how to change the lock, it shows that the special has a twist of head bolt that holds the lock and part of the steering colum to the bottom of the dash. So I looked, and noticed that the twist off head bolt STILL has the bolt head. Of course I did not touch this...so I am wondering if this was something that Buick factory back in the day did not complete till the car was dilivered to the dealer/owner?

Very weird. Because if somebody was to drill this out to change, i don't think they'd use a twist off head again similar to the factory.

Robert:confused:

[1936 Buick Special Oil Pressure Question]

Well, I look at it this way in my experience, I do a lot of driving with my daily cars (over 110 miles a day to work) and I was able to easy put 260k miles on my car and the engine still runs like new. (oil changed every 3k) The Buick is not a daily driver, so, I change the oil every spring and if I am lucky I will put 500 miles on them in one year at best. So, a filter (I think) prob won’t be necessary.

I have an old riding lawn mower from 1994 and who knows how many hours are on it ( A LOT) and it never had a filter like the new ones have today, and it still runs great, we just did oil changes every 4th cutting. (It’s our method to the madness I guess)

I was just hoping the detergent oil was not harming it more by having the dirt particules suspended and circling back through bearings and such...I really want to stay away fron non-detergent now that all dirt and sludge was removed from the block, pan, valve train, lifters.

Robert

[1936 Buick Special Steering Lock]

Hello All,

Quick question…how do you remove the steering wheel lock from the column in 1936 Buick Series 40. The wheel is not locked. (Lost the keys when bought). The little nut that is supposed to have the twist off head is still there!! No drilling. The lock has a little hole that looks like you can put a paper clip in there.

OR BETTER YET. Can I take out the glove box lock and have a lock smith make me a key somehow…It would be easier and cheaper, plus I would have one key to do the doors, truck, ign and glove box. (just like my 49 buick)

Thanks

Robert

[1949 Buick Super Lacks power]

Thanks JohnD1956,

We've replaced the coil as well with a new one (6volt). I am thinking too that it has something to do with the fuel and air mix. When we took the manifolds off a few years ago, they were frozen together, so we had to drill out the froze bolts to separate them from each other. We then had a machine shop (try) to grind down and drill new bolt holes. To this day the manifolds do not line up correctly. But we were almost sure that the intake did not leak. (Exhaust does leak and blackened the valve cover). We try spraying starting fluid around the intake to detect a leak (idle does not go up). Carb bolts are tight new heat insulator

Robert

[1949 Buick Super Lacks power]

Would you guys think it might have something to do with the valves. I changed the fuel filter...but engine has almost no power with throttle wide open.

[1936 Buick Special Oil Pressure Question]

Thank you both for your replies. I’ve just cleaned out the engine took out the valve train cleaned that out. Connecting rods and most of block. and put in new rings, it does not smoke. I’ve just started using detergent oil (SAE-30) but there is no filter installed, should I install one and would it bring down the existing oil pressure?

Thanks again.

robert

[1949 Buick Super Lacks power]

Hello Jim,

Thanks for your reply. What we thought was the carburetor, we deceived to rebuilt it. Then we bought another one that was rebuilt. So, I believe it’s not the carb. We did do a compression test and found that the first 2 cylinders were down around 6lbs. The third cylinder was down around 4lbs. And the rest were fine. Engine has great oil pressure even at hot idle. But the engine seem to have a lot of power even when those symptoms existed.

Robert

[1936 Buick Special Oil Pressure Question]

Hello,

I’ve put up a couple of posts for my two cars (trying to learn more).

I have a 1936 Buick special series 40 with 233 cube. I wanted to know, when I first start the engine cold, I get a high oil pressure reading of about 45lbs. (according to the gauge in the car) As the engine gets hot (1 hour drive, does not overheat stays around 180 degrees in summer) the oil pressure gauge goes to 30lbs at speeds around 45mph and 20lbs at idle. Is this anything to worry about? I am using SAE-30. No oil filter installed. Engine has no knock. Oil is dripping out of the valve train when I take off valve cover. Engine probably has around 92k miles has new rings, but not crank bearings or connecting rod bearings. Engine also was cleaned out really well...plus oil pump. Runs very smooth.

Thanks

Robert

[1949 Buick Super Lacks power]

Hello,

My 1949 Buick Super 248 straight eight (Dynaflow) recently started lacking power…a lot of power. For example going up slight grades at only 35-40mph. I’ve rebuilt the carburetor, put in new plugs, wires, coil, points, condenser, checked the fuel filter and pump. Even hooked up an aux 6volt electric pump…NO CHANGE. Still has lost most of it’s power. Runs fine at idle no miss or erratic idle.

When driving it cruses a long fine, but when you put the peddle down to the floor, the engine bogs down and if you take you foot up a little, it seems to get more power. I drive this car about 50mph on a level highway and when I encounter a small hill, I lose so much power. Any ideas? I’ve even checked the values to make sure they were not hanging up.

I do want to add though, that at idle, the engine starts develop blue smoke and when you race it, there is a cloud. Does not smoke when driving.

Thanks

Robert

[1936 Buick Special Front Control Arm Pins]

Hello Stan,

Thanks for your reply! I don’t have the shop manual, but am familiar with the fact that you have to take pressure off of the springs. I was able to remove the “shock” (upper) pin easily by removing the locking bolt.

For the (lower) pin I removed the small locking pin that is pressed into the knuckle with a lot of heat. Now, I am trying to either pull out or push out the lower control arm pin. Do I still have to remove the springs? I have a small shop book that does not say much, but mentions an arbor press? Not sure where to go with this one.

Robert

[1936 Buick Special Front Control Arm Pins]

Hello Everyone,

I am new to this whole form...Does anyone know or know anyone who is familiar with the 1936 Buick Special suspension. I need to remove and install the pivot pins in the lower control arms.

How do you remove them and then install new one?:confused:

THANKS

Robert<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

[1936 Buick Special request for info]

Hello Everyone,

I am new to this whole form...can't figure out how to post a new form question.

Does anyone know or know anyone who is familiar with the 1936 Buick Special suspension. I need to remove and install the pivot pins in the lower control arms.

How do you remove them and then install new one?

THANKS

Robert