Here's a neat little story about an Alaskan Packard thats about to go on Auction.

Alcan Highway Packard

I'll second the HF purchase of copper washers. The 80 piece assortment is $4.99.

http://goo.gl/cZ5Ts3

I've had a long lingering soft spot for the 1971 2002, and the 1971 3.0 csi.

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Pure-Gas.org has a map of Gas Sations selling ethanol free gas in the US and Canada.

http://www.pure-gas.org/

Posted yesterday on wired.com, recounting some of a seemingly impossible tale of traversing a country yet to have the interconnected road system taken for granted today.

Coast-to-Coast

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Gentlemen,

Thanks for the feedback.

Maybe the bearing grease I had on hand is too light, possibly NLGI 1...I'll report back when I get the Lubriplate and put in use.

Dave, I used your write-up as reference when I performed the distributor maintenance. Thanks for posting it.

-Chad

Please forgive me if this is redundant; my searching hasn't turned up a solid recommendation for a grease for this application.

I tried wheel bearing grease in the cup on my 19th series 120 (Autolite IGP Distributor). I wasn't happy with the performance of it; way to thin, and didn't last at all. I think I ran through a whole cup full in less than 100 miles. Update: I forgot to add that the reason I had turned the cup so often was because it would develop a hint of a squeak, and after turning the squeak disappeared for a little while.

I called lubriplate and they recommended their 630-A:
https://www.lubriplate.com/PDFs/PDS/3_5-630-Series.aspx
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Has anyone tried it? Maybe this is the grease we need? It looks like a promising solution, at a reasonable cost. The part number for the 14oz can is L0066-001.

Thanks,
Chad

I was tickled when I remembered that today is the 75th birthday of my Packard 120.

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Mark,

I'll post a picture or 2 of the edge of my door later when I get home from work.

-Chad