Re: Resurrecting a 1951 Henney-Packard Parts Car
Posted by Packard Don On 2022/10/9 20:00:35
Got to Oregon (again) late yesterday afternoon and got two of the three cars started and driven outside which I always do to get more space to move about. The third car, my 1954 Patrician, acted like it had a low battery even though I always leave it disconnected and putting it on the charger, it was charged in only a few minutes so obviously not low at all. Got it started - just barely - today and it is now outside rather than under the ambulance.
As mentioned, there were a few parts waiting along with some hardware including an assortment of grade 8 lock washers as most that I find in my hardware boxes have become permanently flat so are useless.
I cleaned up the remainder of the fuel pump's housing pieces using the ultrasonic and also managed to find the new flexible hose that I had bought for it a long time ago. I actually wasn't even looking for it and there it was!
Also did a little work on the parking brake now that I have the proper equalizer bolt, which is nearly three times the length of the one from the passenger parts car. No wonder the cable seemed too short! After attaching the cable anchors to the frame, I can't quite reach the equalizer with the anchor but it occurred to me that maybe the hand brake is pulled out. With the car so high up, it will take a ladder to check it! Otherwise I'll loosen the linkage adjusters to get some play. The photo here shows the equalizer attached but the other ends weren't tight yet. Once they were, I couldn't get this back together.
Then finally, a little work to the transmission and as is clear in the photo, this is the one with stripped gears. Getting the planetary assembly off was quite easy once I realized that a burr on the end of the spline was holding it. Now I want to take off the rear pawl housing but it doesn't seem to want to move farther than shown here. Any ideas?
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As mentioned, there were a few parts waiting along with some hardware including an assortment of grade 8 lock washers as most that I find in my hardware boxes have become permanently flat so are useless.
I cleaned up the remainder of the fuel pump's housing pieces using the ultrasonic and also managed to find the new flexible hose that I had bought for it a long time ago. I actually wasn't even looking for it and there it was!
Also did a little work on the parking brake now that I have the proper equalizer bolt, which is nearly three times the length of the one from the passenger parts car. No wonder the cable seemed too short! After attaching the cable anchors to the frame, I can't quite reach the equalizer with the anchor but it occurred to me that maybe the hand brake is pulled out. With the car so high up, it will take a ladder to check it! Otherwise I'll loosen the linkage adjusters to get some play. The photo here shows the equalizer attached but the other ends weren't tight yet. Once they were, I couldn't get this back together.
Then finally, a little work to the transmission and as is clear in the photo, this is the one with stripped gears. Getting the planetary assembly off was quite easy once I realized that a burr on the end of the spline was holding it. Now I want to take off the rear pawl housing but it doesn't seem to want to move farther than shown here. Any ideas?
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IMG_2988.jpg (188.26 KB)
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