Re: Debi's 1953 Patrician
Posted by Duane Gunn On 2014/8/10 23:56:53
This usually starts with: "It's been awhile".
I drove the 53 Patrician to a friends 50th wedding anniversary and parked it next to a 52 Patrician and my 55 Clipper. The party was good and many people liked seeing the Packards.
At the end of the party I was getting ready to drive home when the strange started happening. The car started fine and I heard a loud PING! The car was still running and I thought ok, it didn't kill the engine. Then I turned the headlights on and they went out, engine still running. I had brake lights so we decided to drive the 12 miles home with no lights. I had my wife driving the 55 Clipper in front of me and a friend in a modern vechicle behind me. The car would not get up to speed, finally it was slowing down too slow so I pulled into a parking lot and it died. Looking around the engine I found the distributor cap had lost one of it's retaining clips, that explained the pop sound. I found some ribbon from the party and tied the distributor cap down and drove home with no lights, but plenty of power and good brake lights. The following picture shows the distributor and the ribbon. Can I replace the spring clip or do I need another distributor? I know I need a new cap. I have the Pertronix Ignitor in the cap and will put it in the new distributor, but all will depend on the style/brand of the new distributor.
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I drove the 53 Patrician to a friends 50th wedding anniversary and parked it next to a 52 Patrician and my 55 Clipper. The party was good and many people liked seeing the Packards.
At the end of the party I was getting ready to drive home when the strange started happening. The car started fine and I heard a loud PING! The car was still running and I thought ok, it didn't kill the engine. Then I turned the headlights on and they went out, engine still running. I had brake lights so we decided to drive the 12 miles home with no lights. I had my wife driving the 55 Clipper in front of me and a friend in a modern vechicle behind me. The car would not get up to speed, finally it was slowing down too slow so I pulled into a parking lot and it died. Looking around the engine I found the distributor cap had lost one of it's retaining clips, that explained the pop sound. I found some ribbon from the party and tied the distributor cap down and drove home with no lights, but plenty of power and good brake lights. The following picture shows the distributor and the ribbon. Can I replace the spring clip or do I need another distributor? I know I need a new cap. I have the Pertronix Ignitor in the cap and will put it in the new distributor, but all will depend on the style/brand of the new distributor.
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