Re: 35 Eight Packard starting problems

Posted by Tim Cole On 2013/2/27 9:55:01

Dear Packard0:

The amored cable coming through the firewaill carries battery voltage from the ignition switch. Key off no power, key on battery power.

The jumper wire would be run from that post down to the battery cable on the starter bypassing the ignition switch.

If the motor is spinning over really fast and not starting I would check the compression. As mentioned elsewhere here your valves may be sticking open. Incorrect valve timing will cause compression problems as well, but I never ran into that problem on Senior Packards. If the motor sounds like it has compression, and you have spark, and it still won't kick when primed then pull the plugs and heat them up over a gas stove.

Let me one piece of experience: Once I got a 42 160 running that had been idle for a long time. It ran great for about 2 months and then quit. It would only run on an oxygen tank because it lost compression. I hope you are in better shape, but sometimes these old cars just give up.