Re: Adjusting headlights on 1939 Packard

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2019/5/2 0:56:20

I went through this process on my '39 Six and did it 'by the manual' drawing the horizontal line on the cardboard at 25' away, etc., and it went quite smoothly. For the gentleman reassembling the car, one would HOPE that the 'last guy' would have put the washers and nuts back on the base threads. If not and they can't be located, I can measure the washers on my car and advise. I recall it being a bit of a trick getting the buckets secure enough that they can still be manipulated for aiming and not have them so loose as to 'lose' the adjustment position as one tightens them up. There was also some confusion with the positions on the light switch and the wiring, with one of the notches being the 'city' position and high beam was affected in, I believe, one light. If I recall correctly, it is a 4-position switch?? The 'smart guys' can jump in here and clarify this, but it is definitely worthy of note, as without any specs on the switch, one can think there are wiring issues when, in fact, there are not. Chris