'28 Packard Chassis Lube.

Posted by Ron Schuman On 2011/3/11 15:35:34

I am in the process of reassembling the chassis of my '28 Packard Speedster project. The original plan was to rebuild the original Bijur(?) oiling system for the chassis lubrication. In my case this would require replacing all the lines and rebuilding what appears to be check valves at the fittings and duplicating the unusual flare on the tubing. As this is not a strict restoration I would think a reasonable alternative would be to install zerk(?) grease fittings at all the locations the tubing went into and use some other type of lubricant injected through these fittings. Is there another alternative? What type of lube would be recommended? I would think that current standard chassis grease would be too heavy to flow into all the spaces originally designed for oil. Thanks, Ron