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I think i was verry lucky with size and shape of electric fan. I just slide it up in front of radiator (did not remove a thing), and pressed it between the steel bars in front of radiator, and it stuck! It sits nicely jammed between the bars 10mm in front of radiator cores. Used four plastic strips just to be safe.
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36 minutes ago, Daves1940Buick56S said:
I have been told it is possible to remove the grilles without pulling the radiator but have not done it myself. Perhaps someone else can chime in.
Cheers, Dave
i can reach 7 bolts holding one grille half from underneath the car with my hand (and problably also a spanner). and 3 philip screws from the front of car.
think it should be possible to fiddle in a fan and attached it to the two steel bars in front of radiator. not so fond of the strips you use to attach the fan directly to the radiator.
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22 hours ago, Daves1940Buick56S said:
eighth time to remove the radiator to put an electric fan on the front.
is it possible to remove one half of the grille and strip an electric fan to the to bars in front of radiator?
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17 hours ago, Daves1940Buick56S said:
Morten:
Yes it is possible. I have done it many times on mine.
1. Drain system and remove upper radiator hose.
2. Disconnect heater hoses, if any, and lower radiator hose from pump end.
3. Remove the 2 bypass/thermostat housing bolts, loosen clamp to short bypass hose on bottom of housing, separate from cyl head and work out of top of hose
4. Loosen gen bracket hold bolts, loosen belt, and remove from car
5. Tape a piece of cardboard over the radiator surface to protect it
6. Remove the inner bolt on the pump to block fitting and loosen the outer one
7. Loosen the center bolt and work it out, you will have to work it out around the fan
8. Remove the loosened block fitting bolt
9. Remove from car, carefully working it up and over the top of the engine.
Notice I did not remove the fan. It's a bit tricky if you haven't done it before and having somebody help does ease the process, but I have done it myself a lot. On our 1940 cars, you have to remove the pump before removing the radiator, so that approach won't work in our case.
Good luck, Dave
great, i try that.
just a little consered that you have done this many times. are the waterpumps short lived?
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20 hours ago, BenBuick38 said:
No ,and the radiator is easy to remove //Bt
but dont you have to remove hood, cover and grille to do so?
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Hi, is it possible to fiddle out the waterpump without removing the radiator?
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5 hours ago, lhend50 said:
I am working on a 76S right now in the same color combo. Nice car.
thanks,. not original colors for car, but was like this when i bought it, so its going to stay that way.
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hi, thanks for chart. i have owner, service and body manuals, but no chart in any of them. take care.
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hi,
i am going to grease up all the joints and other parts on my 1940 series 50. does anyone know where i can find a diagram/chart/drawing showing all the places to grease?
take care.
-morten-
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59 minutes ago, Dynaflash8 said:
Norway, would cost me an arm and a leg, but thanks for looking
Not sure how much you value your lims, but a 10kg parcel is around $100. Take care. -morten-
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Hi, i have two 15x6 rims and two 15x5.5 messured inside rimedge, all are different types. But they are in Norway in Europe. Take care. -morten-
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hi,
thanks for feedback, it guess it is put on the right way them. got a little confused as this it the first time i have seen the joints put on "up side down".
take care.
-morten-
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Hi, is these rods mounted the correct way?
Take care.
-morten-
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thanks :-)
(the rivets are placed at the same place as the bolts that hold the rear brake drum in place)
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Hi,
i need to take off front wheel brakedrum on my 1940 Super.
Grind off rivets or take out bearing?
Take care.
-morten-
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Gas handle protector thingy.
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17 hours ago, Barney Eaton said:
Everytime you post, you are drinking beer
there is actually a little strange story around this picture, i have no idea where it came from! yes, it is a picture of me, but i did not put it there, it came up automatic when i sign up here. the pic is around 10 years old, and is not currently in use no other place on the internett (or so i thought). problably something to do with G. Orwell.
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4 hours ago, Barney Eaton said:
Thanks for sharing your pictures and work on the car. Looks really good and I like the color combination.
Everytime you post, you are drinking beer.....stop drinking so much and you will get more done.
Last week Santa was trying to steal my '39
nice that you like my updates. its not the correct color for this car, and the gray is a little bit darker even so.
car was a runner when i bought it this autumn, just needs a little bit of tlc. the winter lasts until late april, so no rush in working on the car. and as long i am drinking i am not driving, and can work in the garage :-)
not so worried about the missis as of the car? :-) nice car thow.
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New license plate, same as they used back in the day, cast alloy.
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22 hours ago, kingrudy said:
Could you post some pictures of the firewall?
Like your car too :-) and the colour looks great.
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16 hours ago, Morgan Wright said:
got an electric wiper motor. Best thing I ever did. 6 volts is plenty to run a 12 V wiper motors they sell. So they wipe a little slow, don't drive in a hurricane.
just an example of a step up converter 48w $10 incl shipping:
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Thanks everybody, think i have all the info i need now.
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29 minutes ago, Dynaflash8 said:
They changed the front motor mounts in 1948. Top of the blowby pipe (part of the sidepan cover) was squarish until '41 and then became round. Dipstick changed location in 1940 to the rear of the block, passenger side. Prior was at the bottom of the block, below and behind the fuel pump. Thermostat housing changed in 41 to the same used on the 320 engine back to '36. The '50 Super did have the 263 cid engine. Buick offered a new replacement engine fitting back to 1937 in 1949, which was like the 1948-49 version, and probably did not have an engine number, unless the dealership might have stamped in the original engine number (that makes for a lot of confusion).
Hi, this sound verry correct. Does this mean that the engine is a 263?
Morten's 1940 Sport Coupe 56s
in Buick - Pre War
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Just installed an electric radiator fan. I think i was verry lucky with size and shape of brackets, but i could just slide the fan between radiator and sheetmetal under the front of car. did not have to remove a thing. I could press the fan between the three steel bars in front of radiator, and fitted like a glove, it sits nicely jammed between the bars 10mm in front of radiator cores, not moving at all. Used four plastic strips in mounting hole of fan to keep it from moving just in case.