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

Posted by Charles On 2014/5/20 20:03:33

5-20-14

Tried to feel around the gas pedal switch but I can't feel the kickdown switch. Looks like I will have to get under the car to know for sure.

Today I put in a new brake light switch and now the brake lights work! I may be taking the car for a maiden voyage by this weekend!

I replaced the spark plugs and did a compression test. Test came out pretty good. Here are the results:

Cylinder Dry Wet
1 107 107
2 110 110
3 105 110
4 105 110
5 115 115
6 115 115
7 95 95
8 100 105

The car started really fast with the new plugs. The tapping noise is still present. It still has the idle too high and wants to die if I rev it gently on the gas pedal. I probably need to rebuild the carb. I am tempted to put the rebuilt one on from the '51, but it is technically too small for this size engine. Still if the car ran well on it, I could drive around until I rebuilt the right one.

Generator was keeping the BAT light on yesterday, even after polarizing. It would go out if I revved the engine really high. Today, it went out immediately after starting. The gremlins in the electrical are still there. Maybe just need to run the car more. I did run it for 1/2 hour today and the temp gauge went 1/2 way between cold and hot and stayed there. That's good news.