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Re: Floor pan repairs
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I had to do very similar work to mine, both passenger and driver. You might consider doing a seam sealer after you patch the metal. It will cover and protect everything, as well as fill any tiny holes that you missed. I didn't do it everywhere, just the areas I patched and areas where the metal seemed thin.

I don't know if POR-15 sticks to it or not. I sprayed my interior with epoxy primer since I had sandblasted it down to bare metal. Worked fantastic for me. But the sandblasting was probably a mistake....I just now finished getting the last of the sand out of the interior when I took the dash out. Three years later.

Posted on: 3/17 0:49
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Re: Auto City Classics 1951-1956 Packard OE Finish Steel Gas Tank TS5156PKQ
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That is a lovely sentiment Don, but in reality we are dealing with Chinese crap reproductions, so plan on going in again sometime in the future when the float sinks.


I wish I would have cut the hole in the floor when I installed the new tank and sender. I'm pretty sure the new sender has a bad float. And I really dislike dropping the tank. Draining all the fuel is tiresome, and I worry that taking the fuel line on and off many times will increase the risk for leaks.

Posted on: 3/16 1:27
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Re: Morticus' Packard 200 Deluxe Touring Edition
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Just lengthen the pull rod to the carb a bit until you like the way the trans upshifts. There is a singular lack of rocket science involved. Besides, that is likely all that got changed when the carb was taken off.


Sounds good. I figured it was probably simpler than the manual made it seem.

Posted on: 3/15 23:15
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Re: Morticus' Packard 200 Deluxe Touring Edition
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HPH - the gauge specified in 50T-33 is PU 364

Posted on: 3/15 16:48
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Re: Auto City Classics 1951-1956 Packard OE Finish Steel Gas Tank TS5156PKQ
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I have one of their tanks on my '54 and my brother in law has one on his '52. I got mine back in 2020, his was 2023. The two tanks are slightly different. Mine was painted silver, his is bare galvanized steel. The bends on the necks are slightly different, with the newer one being better.

I've had no issues with my tank. The brand new sender I got from them never worked though. Still didn't work after adding a ground, testing the wiring, and replacing the fuel gauge.

My brother in law is the opposite. The new sender works great. But the threaded bung for the fuel line slipped/rotated when tightening the flare for the fuel line. Now it leaks gas. Maybe the bung wasn't crimped hard enough from the factory. Or we tightened the fuel line too much. Either way, that will need to get fixed now. No response from AutoCity Classics.

Overall great tanks and now we'll never have an issue with dirty fuel again. But be mindful of how much force you put on the bungs.

-Kevin

Posted on: 3/15 11:06
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Re: fuel pump
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What year/model is the car? What engine?

Posted on: 3/14 17:54
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Re: Morticus' Packard 200 Deluxe Touring Edition
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Thanks both of you. The car goes into direct drive MUCH sooner than my '54. Mine shifts at about 35 which I believe is normal. His '52 shifts at 15-20mph.

HPH, that helps. We'll mess around with that setting and see what we get. Are you saying adjust the throttle linkage or the linkage at the trans?

Howard, I'll look around for Ross's posts on this. The manual talks about using the positioning gauges which we don't have.

Posted on: 3/14 12:30
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Re: Morticus' Packard 200 Deluxe Touring Edition
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HH56 wrote:
Could be the linkage adjustment but don't forget on original Ultras there is no downshift as such because for normal driving trans starts and stays in high range. If car is below a certain speed it drops out of direct drive into high range converter for the extra burst of speed but that feature is locked out if going over 45-50 mph. Manual says if going over 50 but after so many years that given speed can be different due to linkage adj, different tires, speedo gear, etc etc.


The early Ultramatics are different from the later years, like '54? His 52' was allowing the kick-down out of direct drive before, I assume under 40mph. But it is not working now, after the carb rebuild. My assumption is the carb linkage needs to be adjusted. It does still drop out of direct drive once under 10mph.

Posted on: 3/14 11:56
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Re: Morticus' Packard 200 Deluxe Touring Edition
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Morticus has been enjoying the car and tackling projects as time allows. He replaced a leaking master cylinder and just finished rebuilding the original carb. Brakes seem to working very well now, and the rebuilt carb has made a big difference. Still dealing with the collapsed lifter ticking and dead cylinder #8, which we hope to address sometime this spring.

Two things have come up:
1.) The transmission doesn't want to kick down into torque converter when flooring the gas. I believe it's an adjustment on the linkage, which we will need to research and learn how to do.
2.) The new fuel tank has unfortunately developed a leak at the threaded bung for the fuel line. We've been chasing a leak in the area for a while and initially thought it was due to bad threads/bad flare. But then it became apparent that the bung was twisting in either direction about 1/4". I put in an email to Auto City Classics to see if this was a warranty problem but haven't heard back. Now we are looking at dropping the tank and either braising the bung or doing silver solder.




-Kevin

Posted on: 3/14 10:44
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Re: For Sale: coil base...1939 Super Eight?
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I'm pretty sure the same coil base will work on a '38 Super Eight, and probably a '37 also. What you have looks exactly like the one on my dad's '38.

-Kevin

Posted on: 3/13 15:19
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