Re: 1940 Packard 1801 won't start

Posted by Wesley Boyer On 2017/1/12 0:28:41

I don't know, maybe we need to start over because, I'm so confused:
first, "as car was driven into the garage for a new starter solenoid and a carb. float check." Then it wouldn't start and it did Backfire. And you had determined timing was off(see post 19).
Now it's being reported that it did overheat prior to shutting down.
Or am I reading two different post.
Yes, check the simplest things first, pin point the problem and then fix it.
I'm just guessing that you was trying to get an idea as to what it would care to replace the timing timing chain. But now I not sure. So I'll just step back and read the out come.
Wes