Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by gone1951 On 2008/8/19 22:49:30

Kevin,
I was reading with much interest about all the work you have done on your 54. Thought my experience might help someone else. I had the same experience as you did regarding the nuts that hold the intake/exhaust manifold in place. One comment I have is that I had a lot of trouble getting to more than just two of them. I would guess you did the removal and installation with the front clip off the car. I did it over the top and from underneath. I did finally find wrenches that are made to work on those hard to get to bolts or nuts. They are called interference wrenches. They are box wrenches that are shaped like a horseshoe. The box ends are flat to the handel. The offset on regular box wrenches made it all but imposable to get to some of the manifold nuts. No mater which way you put them on the nut the handle would hit something. You are right about only getting something less than 1/4 turn with a regular wrench. With the interference wrenches I could get much more than a quarter turn.


BTW, None of the pictures show up anymore.