Re: 55PackardGuy's '54 Clipper Deluxe
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2015/6/29 10:28:03
Here are a couple of pics with other little things I've discovered, which may be of help.
The first is my baby. The prop for the bar that crosses over the head to the rest of the accelerator linkage. It's only temporary-- unless it works. The piece of tapered rubber I put in there has one disadvantage, a hole in the middle of it. I filled the hole with the most handy object I had, a cap and cork from a (empty) bottle of Wild Turkey. One disadvantage is that the little metal bushing on the bar is not against the cap, so it can't turn like it should.
The second is a pretty good hint for those of you that have misfiring problems. The vacuum line from the distributor was routed UNDER the plug wires and touching them. I pulled the wires, pushed down the vacuum line down ( which looks like it was the correct, original placement) and routed the wires over it. One was still too close, so I wrapped electrical tap around the vacuum line at that spot just to make sure.
The third shows a lucky brake. I just happened to have the gas line insulation from my old Dodge pickup laying around. I thought, hm, and it fit the Packard line and ran all the way from the glass bowl to the place where the line (unfortunatel) runs over the heater hose. I had put duct tape around the heater hos for insulation, but was still getting vapor lock in the line, and probably percolation in the carb bowl We'll see. I'm carrying a spray bottle of water along just in case.
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The first is my baby. The prop for the bar that crosses over the head to the rest of the accelerator linkage. It's only temporary-- unless it works. The piece of tapered rubber I put in there has one disadvantage, a hole in the middle of it. I filled the hole with the most handy object I had, a cap and cork from a (empty) bottle of Wild Turkey. One disadvantage is that the little metal bushing on the bar is not against the cap, so it can't turn like it should.
The second is a pretty good hint for those of you that have misfiring problems. The vacuum line from the distributor was routed UNDER the plug wires and touching them. I pulled the wires, pushed down the vacuum line down ( which looks like it was the correct, original placement) and routed the wires over it. One was still too close, so I wrapped electrical tap around the vacuum line at that spot just to make sure.
The third shows a lucky brake. I just happened to have the gas line insulation from my old Dodge pickup laying around. I thought, hm, and it fit the Packard line and ran all the way from the glass bowl to the place where the line (unfortunatel) runs over the heater hose. I had put duct tape around the heater hos for insulation, but was still getting vapor lock in the line, and probably percolation in the carb bowl We'll see. I'm carrying a spray bottle of water along just in case.
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