Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2020/12/12 16:38:38
Sorry for the delay, Howard and Pat,
I now have 4 problems to deal with.
1. CREEPING OVERDRIVE CABLE
Thanks for your help with this. I changed the distance. I thought I pulled the farther toward the front (for No OD). I couldn't get it forward any farther because it is hitting against the OD solenoid. In the photo, it looks like I made the cable at the clevis longer, not shorter, which doesn't make sense to me. I'll test drive it when other problems are solved, but thanks for pointing me to where I can fix the problem with an adjustment. The pin was a little loose, so I added a washer on the outside. Not enough patience or skill to get a washer on the inside of the clevis.
2. HARD TO TURN STEERING TO THE LEFT
On my test drive this morning regarding problem 3, coming up, I found it very hard to turn left. Right is ok. It felt like a tire was flat, yes that hard. Both radial tires are at 55#. I looked underneath and the steering arm has a ribbed area exposed. Should it be pushed/pounded up higher and the nut tightened? Or is it correct as it is and it's some other problem causing the hard steering?
3. FLOODING AT IDLE
This started happening on Monday after I filled up at a Shell station and drove home from Baltimore, about an hour. The Duchess died at an intersection before I got on the freeway. It drove on the freeway just fine, but when I was near home. at an intersection it quit again. I was able to restart and made it home.
I removed the burned voltage regulator and installed a VR25 from NAPA because there was a delay on getting my VR back from Brillman.
On my test run yesterday, gas seemed to be coming out of the top of the Stromberg carburetor.
I was also having problems with the car roaring on startup so I adjusted the automatic choke to spec, aligning the V with the ridge on the housing.
It started and ran so smooth, so I took it for another test drive this morning. All went well for the first half.
At the intersection coming home, it loaded up and quit. I restarted and made it home. When I got home I inspected carburetor and it was all wet.
I think I saw a recommendation to set the air mixture leaner by setting the V choke marking 2 notches to the right (leaner) of the housing ridge.'T WORK
4. KICK DOWN SWITCH DOESNT WORK
All wires on OD Relay are tight and same with Solenoid. All junction wires under the car are connected. Instructions are to set the OD Relay points so there is a fraction of a second delay for the bottom contacts to release after pressing and releasing the top contacts. Please look at the movie.http://www.mktx.com/packard/KickDownDelay.MOV
Is that enough delay? (It doesn't work at this setting) Or too much?
When it rains, it pours.
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I now have 4 problems to deal with.
1. CREEPING OVERDRIVE CABLE
Thanks for your help with this. I changed the distance. I thought I pulled the farther toward the front (for No OD). I couldn't get it forward any farther because it is hitting against the OD solenoid. In the photo, it looks like I made the cable at the clevis longer, not shorter, which doesn't make sense to me. I'll test drive it when other problems are solved, but thanks for pointing me to where I can fix the problem with an adjustment. The pin was a little loose, so I added a washer on the outside. Not enough patience or skill to get a washer on the inside of the clevis.
2. HARD TO TURN STEERING TO THE LEFT
On my test drive this morning regarding problem 3, coming up, I found it very hard to turn left. Right is ok. It felt like a tire was flat, yes that hard. Both radial tires are at 55#. I looked underneath and the steering arm has a ribbed area exposed. Should it be pushed/pounded up higher and the nut tightened? Or is it correct as it is and it's some other problem causing the hard steering?
3. FLOODING AT IDLE
This started happening on Monday after I filled up at a Shell station and drove home from Baltimore, about an hour. The Duchess died at an intersection before I got on the freeway. It drove on the freeway just fine, but when I was near home. at an intersection it quit again. I was able to restart and made it home.
I removed the burned voltage regulator and installed a VR25 from NAPA because there was a delay on getting my VR back from Brillman.
On my test run yesterday, gas seemed to be coming out of the top of the Stromberg carburetor.
I was also having problems with the car roaring on startup so I adjusted the automatic choke to spec, aligning the V with the ridge on the housing.
It started and ran so smooth, so I took it for another test drive this morning. All went well for the first half.
At the intersection coming home, it loaded up and quit. I restarted and made it home. When I got home I inspected carburetor and it was all wet.
I think I saw a recommendation to set the air mixture leaner by setting the V choke marking 2 notches to the right (leaner) of the housing ridge.'T WORK
4. KICK DOWN SWITCH DOESNT WORK
All wires on OD Relay are tight and same with Solenoid. All junction wires under the car are connected. Instructions are to set the OD Relay points so there is a fraction of a second delay for the bottom contacts to release after pressing and releasing the top contacts. Please look at the movie.http://www.mktx.com/packard/KickDownDelay.MOV
Is that enough delay? (It doesn't work at this setting) Or too much?
When it rains, it pours.
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