Re: A Tale of Two Patricians

Posted by Packard Don On 2021/5/27 12:19:37

With a manual transmission it’s easy but with an Ultramatic, the cooler IS the lower hose and it’s mounted to the engine with a short straight hose to the water pump and no room for movement, and a 90 degree hose at the bottom to the radiator which also has little room to move. The shop manual simply says to remove the lower radiator hose and I can find nothing specific to the cooler! Anyway, I finally managed to get it out with some prying.

What’s odd is that when I used to work on Packards regularly I had no manuals and never needed them but now it seems that everything I do requires looking it up! I guess that’s the price for waiting so long to work on these cars.

As for corrosion, there is not much but the cooling system does need a good flushing. I’m not planning on driving this car anywhere so just getting it moving under its own power is a good thing!