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Re: Stuck in reverse
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My '48 has a zerk fitting for grease, not just a hole.

Posted on: Today 15:23
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Re: Stuck in reverse
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what kind of oil do you put in that little slot? 30W?

Any light oil such as 3 in 1 is fine but most just use ordinary motor oil such as is used on the generator and other items with oil holes or oiler cups.

IF the lever has seized or is at the point of seizing you may need to apply a few doses of penetrating oil followed by the lubricating oil. Some have gotten so bad penetrating oil is useless and it takes a disassembly followed by rust removal and then polishing the tube and lever bore with crocus cloth. As others have mentioned, there could be other causes too so you need to examine all the moving pieces of the linkage for wear, looseness, or other damage.

Here is a before and after example of an earlier model where the top lever had rusted and seized to the tube. Despite being protected and getting a tiny bit of lube over the years, the bottom lever was almost seized too.

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Posted on: Today 14:31
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Re: Severe pulling to right when braking
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53 Cavalier wrote:

That's a good point. As a way of isolating the problem, shoes and drums could all be swapped from one side to the other to see if the issue is also swapped from one side to the other.


You want to isolate one thing at a time.

We know:
- The front brake cylinders are new and bled correctly.
- All the brake hardware is new.
- The brake shoes were new from Kanter
- I did replace the right brake hose. It is a smaller diameter. ( We hope that is an outside measurement only. )

What we don't know:
- The condition of the drums, both absolute and side to side relative
- Fluid pressure and volume at each wheel cylinder.

The drums can be measured for both diameter (inside) and cylindricity.

Without the equipment to measure the drums, swapping the drums will isolate them for the test. If the problem moves with the drum, look more carefully at the drum.

You may need to arc the shoes to fit the drum or you may need a new drum.

You could put a gauge on the bleeder at each cylinder to check the pressure. A difference in pressure would indicate a line, hose or cylinder problem and would have to be tracked back to the master cylinder.

Posted on: Today 14:25
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Re: Stuck in reverse
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Good afternoon...We've had the same problem with our 1949 288 deluxe...I finally drilled a second lube hole at the top of the shaft...just like the one shown with the red arrow. I now lube in both places a couple of times a year with 3-in-1-20 wt oil...works quite well. Note if the areas of the shifting pins have worn a bit, Max Merritt has a kit of new bearings for the shifting pins...they need to be changed with the car on stands or on a lift. Once this is done, then the turn buckles will need a slight adjustment...as they have undoubtly been adjusted over the years as the shift pins have worn the holes bigger....Not too bad to get the old girl shifting well again...Just my experience...Ernie in Arizona

Posted on: Today 14:10
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Re: Clean up Hex bolts for bumper guards 1940 110
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MRMcKee wrote:
Hey Guys - I have a question about the hex bolts but in a slightly different situation. On my '40 120, the previous owner chromed the hex nuts. They look nice but I would prefer to have the red highlight on the bumpers. I was told that there is a red reflective tape that can be cut and applied to the hex bolts and it holds up pretty well over the years. Does anyone have knowledge of this and where to find it?


Go to the Packard Club site and click on “store”. they have a couple different versions for sale.

Posted on: Today 13:48
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Re: Marsden Nuts Source
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Just got off the phone with Bruce Blevins and he did not have any.

I just ordered 25 from AMK Products Inc. I will make the extra's available when I get them.

Thanks for all the input.

Wally

Posted on: Today 13:32
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Re: $50 V8 engine
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If I brought it home and soaked it in a trash can of de-rust or acid, I could have probably saved the tappets (maybe... as they would probably need reground anyway and who knows if the leakdown could be gotten remotely back into spec). Same concern with the camshaft... far rustier than the crank journals. Pistons would mostly be junk anyway and used pistons are worth only like $10 apiece. Block and distributor junk. No one needs rods. So that's why I decided to just scrap the rest.

Posted on: Today 13:19
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Re: Stuck in reverse
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George40 wrote:
I had a stuck shifter issue recently on my 1940 and had to manually move the shifter forks to realign them. It's actually quite easy to do but it's a frustrating thing when it happens when you're trying to get out of an intersection with a line of cars behind you.

One related question - what kind of oil do you put in that little slot? 30W?


I would suggest buying and using standard 3-in-1 oil if you don't already have some.

Posted on: Today 13:13
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Re: $50 V8 engine
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R H
Spud

A trash can full of used trans oil. Drop it in let it soak.

Posted on: Today 13:12
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Re: Clean up Hex bolts for bumper guards 1940 110
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MRMcKee
Hey Guys - I have a question about the hex bolts but in a slightly different situation. On my '40 120, the previous owner chromed the hex nuts. They look nice but I would prefer to have the red highlight on the bumpers. I was told that there is a red reflective tape that can be cut and applied to the hex bolts and it holds up pretty well over the years. Does anyone have knowledge of this and where to find it?

Posted on: Today 12:45
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