Re: Need Cylinder Head, '34 8. What Yrs would be Interchangable ?

Posted by Tom Beidleman On 2020/5/17 22:31:06

Gentlemen, can you help me out with one more set of questions regarding the '33-'34 Packard 8 cylinder head ?

In the 1933-1936 Packard Parts Service Manual, 3 different cylinder heads are listed for the '34 1100, 1101 & 1102 series engines, as follows:

Head # 215432 (Not used with High or Low Compression)
Head # 215433 (Low Compression), and
Head # 215434 (High compression)

I cannot find a Part # on my Packard 8 1101 cylinder head, nor can I recall seeing one in any pictures I've seen so far of the '33 & '34 heads. Did Packard or someone else produce unmarked cylinder heads ?

If many of the '33 & '34 Packard cylinder heads still existing are unmarked, how do you know which head you are getting ?

And, how do you know what specific cylinder head goes with which specific engine ?

Isn't it safe to say that putting one of these heads on an engine they weren't originally designed for could cause serious damage to both the head and/or the engine ?

There must be a way of solving this dilemma, aside from holding off from buying anything but the correctly numbered cylinder head identified specifically for your engine...if that is even possible.

Thanks for your input.
TomB
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Just FYI
1933 Cylinder heads are as follows and with the same Notes as indicated above:

Head # 207922
Head # 270923
Head # 207924