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Re: Advice wanted on 1941 Packard 160
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No, it's a 1961 MK2 3.8 Sedan MOD with wire wheels. It's my youngest son's and I just started on it, working toward restarting the engine, using all my Packard knowledge, so as not to do any damage. Us Jagkards are rare, Ken.
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Re: Advice wanted on 1941 Packard 160
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Ken,
I'm in your boat. Limited funds, where a gradual restoration is the only alternative, or selling for someone else to complete. I think Tim's advice is a good way to think about it. $1500 in 1973, how much would you have today earning interest? Use that as your price. At least you could content about selling it. Also I think you could research '41 160 parts on eBay. Make a list of values. Do you have an adult kid or a friend out of work? Have them part it out , take the pix, and put it on eBay, do the shipping labor, and then split the net proceeds. Lots of people are out of work right now. But a little work on your part to free the engine would be worth the effort, too. 160 parts are valuable. The engine and tranny parts are valuable. etc My youngest son is away at school for 2 years and he is storing this 1961 3.8 Jaguar with me. I've started working on it. I haven't started the engine yet. I'm going through the steps now. Not many guys, except real collectors, have 1 each of these. Good luck on whatever you decide to do. You'll get lots of great, knowledgeable help here. Joe Attach file:  (75.11 KB) (92.32 KB) (30.48 KB)
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Re: Metric/Standard Wrench/socket interchange list
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I've started work on my youngest son's '61 Jaguar Mk2 3.8 sedan MOD. I was having some problems figuring out if I needed SAE or Metric wrenches. I soon learned there are other standards to consider. But you can see that not many really match up.
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Re: Guess it might not be the points.... Suggestions!?
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Steve, I feel your pain. My recent thread started with wanting to change my ignition cables.
https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=10112&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&type=&mode=0&start=0 I have no aptitude for mechanical stuff, none whatsoever, but I am learning to do things on my car, with a lot of help and patience from everyone here. How dumb is it to replicate the manual diagram of the ignition system in connecting the ignition wires to the cap and not get the car to start because you didn't realize, until you noticed the fan moving CCW, that the firing order might be CCW, too, not CW as in the diagram? As soon as the order was reversed, it started right up. How dumb is it that you could get no spark whatsoever after replacing coil wires and verifying that you had strong spark going TO the coil from the ignition switch, but nothing going to the distributor and you replace the coil and still no spark... until you learn that if you have overdrive, a second wire from the distributor low tension post (the same one as where the smaller black wire from the coil gores) to the overdrive relay can ground out the ignition completely, if the overdrive relay contact is stuck? Again, a flick of the contact on the relay, and, voila!, it starts. How dumb is it if you buy new points and they come with a springy piece of metal that matches and looks like it goes OVER the copper piece of metal on the assembled points just like the old points you are removing have, only to find out it goes through the middle, between the hold-down and the arm, so that it doesn't short out the ignition on the cam? I did remove my distributor and clean it. Removed the breaker plate. Checked my centrifugal advance. It was a mess. Reset my points with it out of the car...much, much easier. Also checking the wires were insulated inside there. It all works well now. Believe me it's something simple. You had it running. Something changed. That's where I would focus. What is the same and what changed between when it ran and when it wouldn't.
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Re: 48 Custom 8 (356 cubic inch) tune up parts
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Plugs Champion UY6 (842 might be NAPA number)
Points for Autolite IGT 4203: CS721A - arrange pieces as shown Will look for more. Attach file: (13.38 KB)
Posted on: 2012/8/31 23:06
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Re: '51 200 -- upholstery and interior questions
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For your ultimate wish list, you should contact SMS in Canby, Oregon.
http://www.smsautofabrics.com/ If they don't have, they can make, including new door panels identical to the original.
Posted on: 2012/8/30 18:17
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Re: 1940 Brake Adjustment
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I don't only guess, but I know it's possible to take a perfectly good, sealed, greased wheel apart and put it together so it isn't seated properly.
My front inner wheel bearing started making noise after I adjusted the brakes all around, raised my brake pedal, and tightened my hand brake. I reinstalled it, and the seal, so the tire didn't wriggle with it jacked up, but I'm thinking I'd better replace it. QUESTION: Perhaps the fronts, inner and outer ought to be done at the same time, like changing multiple lightbulbs. QUESTION: Still wondering with that massive amount of grease in the brake area from that worn out seal I replaced, why the car didn't pull to the right? The car has been running pretty well. Idles way down there, but I was reading about the spark advance on another thread and tried turning my rotor to see if I had any spring action, which I don't. I'm going to look at that next. As recommended, I'm removing the distributor. I know not to crank the engine and to mark its position. I thought I'd bring it to TDC, then pull it.
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Re: 1938 39 SUPER 8 CLUB SEDAN BARN FIND
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Here's what NADA has on values.
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Posted on: 2012/8/23 12:59
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After being horrified to think I have been driving around with a pound of grease all over my left front brakes, and having to clean it up, I decided to spring for those costly but most correct seals... $22 each less my AAA discount and no Oregon tax.
Why wouldn't my brakes pull the car to the right, I wonder? There are so many Packard firsts. Early ABS? Another incentive was I could pick them up at noon to slow the Donald Duck pinwheels in my eyes after he told me he had them in stock. And I have a bearing driver now. So, can't wait to get home.
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