Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by BigKev On 2009/3/29 19:10:00
Well I had a small amount of free time to get some minor work done in garage. So I began to strip all the paint and surface rust off of the hood. Almost there. Just ran out of 40 grit paper for the DA, so hopefully my order arrives tomorrow. Will the fender, hood and trunk lid off the car, and in the garage, they sure do take up a lot of room.
Next I installed the NOS transcooler. I gave it a fresh coat of paint as it had some shelf wear. I am going to check the part number of this cooler as I am not sure if this was a this cooler was a revision or a cooler off of a commercial chassis. The reason I say that is the fitting hole sizes are larger that by old cooler. The old cooler had used a brass elbow fitting that stepped the line size down to the cooler body fitting size. But this cooler, the fitting holes are the same size as the line fittings. So I just need to get a new pair of brass elbow the which are the same size on both ends.
At this point I could have put the radiator back on and filled up the cooling system like I had before the water pump leak as discovered. But I think I am going to wait and run the new cooler line, and new fuel lines without the radiator in the way. Once those are replaced, then I will finish with the radiator.
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Next I installed the NOS transcooler. I gave it a fresh coat of paint as it had some shelf wear. I am going to check the part number of this cooler as I am not sure if this was a this cooler was a revision or a cooler off of a commercial chassis. The reason I say that is the fitting hole sizes are larger that by old cooler. The old cooler had used a brass elbow fitting that stepped the line size down to the cooler body fitting size. But this cooler, the fitting holes are the same size as the line fittings. So I just need to get a new pair of brass elbow the which are the same size on both ends.
At this point I could have put the radiator back on and filled up the cooling system like I had before the water pump leak as discovered. But I think I am going to wait and run the new cooler line, and new fuel lines without the radiator in the way. Once those are replaced, then I will finish with the radiator.
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