Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by BigKev On 2015/2/5 20:13:25

A little update. Needed to dust off the car (literally) as I haven't driven it since I moved in Sept and really taken it out since I experienced a shifter issue in May.

Something weird happened back in May after driving it at a weekend long event in downtown here. I went to reverse and while I could feel it indent and kick into reverse, the column indicator was pointing st 'D. Like the shift geometry suddenly changed. So I haven't wanted to drive it as I didn't know of the problem was in the column or something with the shift arm in the tranny. So today I pulled the steering wheel off and realized that the levers between the column shift rod and the indicator had come loose. The indictator was getting stuck and caused the arm attached to the top of the shift rod to break loose. So I greased the indicator pivot point and reset the geometry between the two and locked everything back down. Working like a Dickenson Orphan again! Trying to make a push on the car so I can bring it out to the PI Meet in a couple of weeks. Life is getting back to a point where I can work on the car and actually take it out again. Stay tuned for more updates.