Re: Gas tank pick-up tube/sending unit assy for '39???

Posted by Packard Don On 2018/5/17 21:49:17

That's a good thought that reminded me that when I bought my 1939 Packard Six in the mid-'60s and drove/ferried it home to Bellevue, Washington from the Port Townsend area, we had a hard time even making it out of town to the ferry terminal. Although not even quite an antique yet at the time, it had been parked a long time so we (the owner's father and I - I never met the owner himself as he was away in the service) stopped at a small gas station with a good old-time mechanic who instantly diagnosed the problem to a screen that the Stromberg carburetor has at its inlet. Maybe grasping for straws here but it's something to check even if the carburetor has been rebuilt as sediment might have worked its way up to it. Just a few minutes' work and we were back on the road and he didn't even charge which, for a 16-year-old as I was, was fine and he refused the few dollars I had to offer!

EDIT: It had a 1940 110 engine, which I still have!