Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!

Posted by HH56 On 2014/5/14 21:16:54

Is it starting on the 6v with the jumper or are you still doing 12? It does seem strange that you have to use the jumper one time but not the next. I don't think that would be all ground issues -- although cleaning certainly wouldn't hurt it may not cure either.

The coil should be fed directly from the ign switch and unless you have added an electric fuel pump or something you only wanted active when the engine is running, is usually the only wire on the terminal. That terminal should only be active when the key is to the right.. Is it the standard Packard switch with 3 terminals labeled BAT, COIL and the long one GA? If the coil is wired to the proper terminal and wire is good and you still have to "hot wire" it then the switch is most likely bad.

The older thermal turn signal flashers depends on a specific resistance range in the light circuit to work properly. If a bulb is burned out, the wrong one, or you have a poor ground then generally the flashers will do strange things. Anything from a single flash and nothing, to rapid flash, to a constant on. If a socket has a bad or no ground, it is possible the turn signal filament could be trying to find ground by going thru the other filament out to another bulb and filament to use it's ground.

Do the tail lights work on the dim filament and brake lights work on the bright filament? If the filaments are reversed that could also be part of the issue. Same with the parking lights on dim and turn signals brighter.