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    1952 76R rarety?

    in Buick - General

    Posted

    Hi Erik

    its good to see my old Buick with license plates on i hope you are enjoying it

    my hart still bleeds for that old girl, take good care of her ,if you have any

    questions about it give me a call , 75563703 hope to see it again in reel

    best regards Bjoern

    wtb spring for hydraulic window

    in Buick - Buy/Sell

    Posted

    im in a need of a spring that pulls the

    hydraulic window down in a 1952 Buick Roadmaster

    front door with hydraulic windows its simply missing

    from my car i wonder how spring in that size can disapear

    but thats another thing

    the spring is close to 13 inches long and must be the same

    used in other years and GM makes

    could someone help me ,it will really be appreciateted

    contact me here or in a pm or at my email >>Roadmaster@mail.dk<<

    take a look at the atachement picture

    best regards

    Bjoern Soegaard Nielsen

    Denmark

    My 52 Roadmaster

    in Me and My Buick

    Posted

    oh yes it was very exciting will it run or wont it.

    its not drivable right now, i found out that the brakes

    dident work to well , and the waterpump was leaking from the aksel

    i guess it have been sitting to long, new parts are hopefully

    on its way over here.

    and to Johnny gatulations with your new Roadmaster

    it lookes to be in a good shape

    and dont forget to put antifreeze liquid on its

    rather cold these days

    have a nice one

    Best regards

    Bjoern

    My 52 Roadmaster

    in Me and My Buick

    Posted

    Hi Mr Earl

    there is no 54 Buick's in my club

    i think there is 2 maybe 3 i Denmark

    i dont think any of them is roadmasters

    my 52 is the only 52 Roadmaster i know there is in Denmark

    i guess there is only 2 52 Buicks here

    Bjoern

    My 52 Roadmaster

    in Me and My Buick

    Posted

    Hi everybody

    My Name is Bjoern and i Live in Denmark

    This is the story of my Buick

    i had the car in 8 years now ,it all started with

    i decided that i wanted to find my self a Buick, i had a

    1955 Ford before but thats another story, i studied the books

    and decided that a 1952 Roadmaster 2 dr ht was just the car i wanted

    i always liked the late fourtys early fiftes , and importent

    the last year with straight eight,and many times i have regretet that choise

    i made, the parts for the straight is expensive and hard to find

    i contacted a person here in Denmark , who imported Cars from USA

    and tolled him that i wanted a car like that , and the answer was

    that is not an easy car to find, but he had knowledge of one here in

    Denmark , and it was for sale , but there was a thing about that car

    the engine dident work, because the owner had forgotten to put anti freeze

    liuqed on the car wen it was stored for the winter

    the engine block was cracked and useles

    but i bought the car anyway , how hard could it be to find a engine

    i joined the BCA and one day there was a add in the Bugle, NOS engine block

    for a 52 Roadmaster for sale,i bought that and had it shipped over here

    and for a couple of years i dident had the time or money to spend on the

    Buick ,small kids, building on the house /garage,busy at work i think

    most of you know what im talking about

    but a couple of years ago things started to ligtning up i had tim to work

    on the buick again , but it shouldent be easy , i found out that the crank

    and camshaft i had from the eksisting engine ,was in bad shape the cam

    was bended as a bow and the crank had rust on the bearing surfaces

    for a time i was looking for a complete running engine but i couldent

    find anything unless i wanted to buy a complete car and that wasent on the

    budget ,then one day i came in contact with a Buick owner i sweden

    and he tolled me that he had a spare engine from a 52 Roadmaster

    it hasent been driving for many years but it was complete

    but it wasent for sale, after 3 months me begging him to sell it to me

    he gave up, i think he got tired of me

    so i drove to sweden and brought home my engine

    so putting together the best pieces from these 3 engines made one

    complete engine

    i have been working on the car all winter and her sunday 30 januar

    i was ready to connect the battery a turn the starter on

    and finally it runs and it runs good

    i was out taking it for a little drive, the transmission worked fine

    and everything is okay,

    there is still a lot of work to do on that car, but the importent thing is

    the engine runs

    i hope you all enjoyed this little story even

    there is a lot of spelling mistakes

    Have a nice Buick day

    Best regards

    Bjoern Soegaard Nielsen

    Denmark

    http://www.roadmasters.dk/BSNI/Buick1.JPG

    http://www.roadmasters.dk/BSNI/Buick2.JPG

    http://www.roadmasters.dk/BSNI/Buick3.JPG

    '52 electrical storm, NEED HELP!

    in Buick - General

    Posted

    to me it sounds like there is somthing wrong with your ground conections

    check that the engine is conected to the frame and that the conections are

    clean to metal and tightended also check the battery to frame (negative)

    is good , if you are unsure about the conditions of these conections you

    better make some new ones and rather one to many than one to little

    its important to clean old paint rust and dirt away to have a proper

    conection, good luck with it

    Bjoern

    Lights Out! Help!

    in Buick - General

    Posted

    i would look for a new headlight switch, it could be the problem

    if it happens every time you have been driving with the ligts

    on for a long time especially with the beam on or if the bulbs

    are stronger than the orgrignaly was, the curent could be to high

    for that old headlight switch

    Bjoern

    Straight 8 ID

    in Buick - General

    Posted

    yes special and super came with the small 263 and roadmaster with the big 320

    thanks for the offer but hope i got what i need now, on this side of the pond

    roadmaster engines isent found esaly ,and if you are looking for an exat year

    isent getting it easyer , what year is the car you are going to use it for

    Bjoern

    Straight 8 ID

    in Buick - General

    Posted

    if the engine number is between 4999881 and 52220971 its from a 1948

    the last digit tells you what series its from 4=Special 5=Super And

    7=Roadmaster

    if its from a Roadmaster its worth saving special and supers can still be found

    but a roadmaster engine is getting hard to find bellive mee i know it

    what car should you use it for

    good luck with the straight eight

    best regards Bjoern

    Straight 8 camshaft bearing

    in Buick - General

    Posted

    thanks both for your opinions

    im not very expericended in rebuilding engines so maybe i should

    find a machine shop to do the camshaft for me dont want to ruin

    anything ,and thanks for the trick about the oil pump

    its important to have the bearings lubricated as soon as possible

    more tricks like that would be apricated

    Bjorn

    Straight 8 camshaft bearing

    in Buick - General

    Posted

    thanks Patrick

    the reason why the bearings should be changed is that, i have bought a NOS engine block and there is new bearings installed, but is says in the shop manual

    that bearings must be line reamed to fit the camshaft,and it is of my knowlegde

    if i bought new replacement bearings, it would not be neassary line ream them

    because the accucary of the replacement bearings are better, do you know if that is true , have you reamed your bearings when you installed them , where they replacement or Nos Bearings .

    anyone feel free to give some comments about this

    thanks Bjorn

    what is this

    in Desoto

    Posted

    Hi maybe some of you Desoto guys could tell me

    what this item is for

    function,year,model

    the part # is 1197468

    i have looked in magazines and books but i cant find anything

    that looks like it

    thanks Bjorn

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