Thank you again everyone. My bad on the plumbers teflon tape, I meant Blue Monster PTFE resin thread seal tape. But I will go with new copper crush 5/8" ID x 7/8" OD washers. They are about 75 cents. Stay tuned.

Hi KP, quick question, my 54 steering wheel is part #465223 (white). I have come across a 53 steering wheel part #426320 (black) with no chrome. Should this suffice?

Thank you everyone for your responses. To start, I plan on simply draining the gear oil and replacing with 2 quarts of Royal Purple Maxgear 85W-140 gear oil and 4 oz. of Bardahl gear oil stop leak and yellow teflon tape. The service manual mentions 4.25 pints of gear oil which translates to 2.125 quarts. The service manual also mentions checking the level but with what and how do you know? I was toying with MOPAR friction modifier as well. The fill hole and drain hole are pretty clear but what is the plug (red) in the upper left for? Thoughts are welcome.

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Next project. As I was underneath my car admiring my new gas tank, which unfortunately appears to have some scrapes and scratches I was buffing out, I noticed how sad my rear end differential was looking. It most probably has not been attended to in the last 24 years. Any processes, protocols and procedures would be helpful regrading cleaning this up with new gaskets, seals and modern synthetic DOT fluid. Keep in mind the car does have a GM 700R4 transmission. Thoughts are welcome.

Regards,

TC

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Turns out the new strap bolts are metric. M10/ 17mm nylon locking nut works perfect. The gauge appears spot on now. First time since 1961.....

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Thank you everyone for your responses. Great video. I did come acrosshttps://emblemagic.com/ but radio silence. Stay tuned.

I was looking to replace my 54 Pacific steering wheel with a custom purple transparent wheel from Dennis Crooks @ Quality Restorationshttps://qualityrestorations.com/ . With the lack of a J-2557 wheel puller on hand, Harbor Freight and Studebakerparts.com do have wheel pullers. Will any of these suffice? What would be the exact procedure to replace my wheel? QR deals in wheel exchange and I am reluctant to actually give up my current wheel. Is there availability of any senior 54 Packard steering wheels out there for sale I can use for an exchange? Thoughts and advice are welcome.

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Thank you Guscha and TxGoat. Good idea with the nuts. I'm on it.

All finished. The Auto City Classics tank is nearly identical to my 54 tank. There is evidently a lot of global foundries in Taiwan that make gas tanks for the U.S. market. The sending unit ACC sent did not work, however I did have one from Max Merritt / Kanter on hand. I sprayed Boeshield T-9 on the tank but it was probably unnecessary. I added the ground and cut the hole to the specs provided from the Forum. Almost perfect. The 70 year old cork on the old unit looked decimated and the old tank had some nice sludge in it. The filler neck lined up perfectly. A Gates G37 cap fits as well.

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The new tank was ordered on 3/19 and arrived 3/24 from Minnesota. Ordered with straps, pad and sending unit. I have an additional sending unit Kanter. Looks ok with only 1x ding in crimping. The packaging appeared ok but box was left out in monsoon thanks to FEDEX. Stay tuned.

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