that is incredibly generous of you! I just read that i may have put the wrong thermostat in the car. let me put the correct one in and see if that solves the issue. I would not want to take your part unless it was really necessary. thank you for your help!

john. i think you just solved the mystery. i think I put a 180 degree thermostat in her, thank you!

thank you, Howard. this really was helpful. Ray

Thank you. I appreciate the information!

I'm hoping one or more of you can help me with the following situation. Earlier, my 1950 Packard Standard 8 overheated. Prior to that the temp gauge normally was right in the middle of C and H. If I sat at a long traffic light in the summer it would move towards H but would go back to midpoint once I was driving again.
We solved the overheating issue...i ruled out heat riser stuck in the closed position, we flushed the radiator, checked the water pump and removed and cleaned the water distribution tube...which was surprisingly clean and unclodded. What it turned out to be was the cooling system was airlocked. After we eliminated the air pocket the car ran fine. My mechanic checked it with his infrared temperature gun after a prolonged idle and both a short and long drive...the gun consistently showed between 180 abnd 190 degrees. The only issue now, even wiht the gun showing those temps is my temp gauge is now almost at the "H" mark. I read that if the car overheats..and it did pin the gauge that one time, it can cause the gauge to not give a true rating. Any suggestions or ideas? Can the temp gauge be recalibrated or fixed? Thanks in advance!

figured it out. sorry if the question seemed foolish.

Advice alert..and you guys have never let me down...ok. so my 50 Packard 8(Ultramafic transmission) began leaking tranny fluid. My mechanic had me buy front and real seals, dropped the tranny, replaced the seals and said the bushing looked great. (I was told the tranny had been rebuilt by the guy I bought the car from). It was great for a few days, dry as a bone and the other day, after a 20 minute drive, I noticed a small puddle of tranny fluid again. Called the mechanic and he thinks it may be the hub gaskets to the torque converter and wants me to get them and he will try it again. One thing I must mention. he said when he opened the tranny, there was a lot of fluid sloshing around the bottom of the case, so he drilled a small weep hole in the bottom of the tranny case. Thoughts? thanks in advance.

Thank you all for the advice and help. I will get the switch at NAPA and report back. thanks again!

Thanks in advance for any and all help. Finally getting to address the issue of my non-functioning Overdrive in my 1952 Packard 200. Someone on here, thank you, helped me determine that part of the problem was that there seems to be no kickdown switch. When I bought the car, there were some wires running from the tranny to the firewall, connected to nothing. I do have the relay with what seems to be a good fuse.

It was suggested that I can get a universal kickdown switch from Napa and was told to order part OD6284. My question is twofold. 1. Assuming this is the correct part, where does it mount.

2. When I went to Napa online and called up the parthttps://www.napaonline.com/en/p/ECHOD6284 it says it is for an automatic transmission and I have a manual, three speed.

Any advice would be wonderful. Thanks and I apologize in advance if this is a very basic question. Thanks to all!

thank you, Barry. i will check out the ebay listing right now. thanks again, Ray