Hi All,

I think I have sorted out the fuel gauge problem.

I dropped the fuel tank, an easy job, but I can't believe 3 bolts hold all that gas in place. Removing the fuel line was not so easy; it must have been installed 'pre-body'., the union was over the tank so I had no choice but to cut it, not much of an issue, I was planning to replace the line anyway. The line from the tank to the pump is steel and showing some light rusting internally. The pipe into the tank from the union is brass.

I removed the sender unit, the cork floats were in poor order and the mechanism seemed to function all right. I wired up the sender to the gauge and moved the cork floats up and down. There was no movement on the gauge.

As the rheostat is riveted together, I drilled out the rivets and separated the two half's. Upon inspection, I saw the contact arm had developed a hole where it runs along the rheostat. It was also paper thin from years of friction.

I cut the damaged end off the arm, bent it and cupped it slightly that it lightly rubs on the inner rheostat ring. Before reassembly, I tested it and it seemed to be working fine, even up to the full mark.

The only question now is the floats, I have polyurethane varnished 2 Champagne corks, and I presume these will do the trick there.

Pat.

I should be able to find it from those directions.
Will have to wait until tommorow, I would be shot if I attempted to go out to the garage today, family duties are interfering with my my life!

Thanks.

There is a round object protruding to one side of the cover, could be a breather or maybe the filler? Should it be in the center of the cover?

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Thank you BigKev!

My Packard has attended at least 320 weddings in the past 4 years!

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Hi all,

The Fuel Gauge stopped working today, it never showed more than 1/2 full, even if the tank is full, I was prepared to live with that as at least empty is empty!

Today it started fluctuate wildly and then died. How does the gauge work? Is it wired to a sender in/on the fuel tank, if so is accessible without removing the tank? Is it a single wire?

How do you remove the gauge from the dash and how do you test it? (I poked around the back of the gauge and it flickered into life for a second)

Thanks guys!

Pat.

Thanks for the info...

Now where is the filler located!

Hi Kids,

Hope your a keeping well, endless weeks of sunshine here thanks to 'Global Change' (it was called Global Warming but that did not suit the present weather conditions!)

Differential oil, I know it has been done to death but I need oil weight etc and not just product names. The oils you have are not generally not available here.

So what is the spec of the oil I need for the diff and how much of it?

Thanking you,

Pat

Hi,

I contacted Resto Services, very helpfull indeed. I will be emailing them an image of the spring.

In the meantime......would anyone have one sitting in a toolbox somewhere, am out every week on duty and really need one pronto!

Pat.

Thank you all for your replies.

I will attempt to fax the details/photo of the spring to the resto company but at this distance its usually not easy to deal with these companies.

If you could pick up some springs at a fle market I would be most greatfull, obviously I will pay postage etc....

Making one would most likly result in a trip to Accident and Emergency!

I do have an old intact spring somewhere that has lost its 'springiness', is it possible to temper it in some way to 're-energizie' it?

Pat.