Re: 1938 Super 8 1605 - adventures with a newbie

Posted by kevinpackard On 2023/1/14 21:56:39

I was in town, and had a bit of time to work on my dad's Packard. First order of business was to clean up from the mice. I didn't catch any in the traps. Not sure if they are there anymore. When we lifted up the seat before, we saw at least one every time. Nothing now. I cleaned up the mess and set sticky traps all over under the seats. I put some cut up Snickers bars in the center of them. We'll see.

I removed the ignition switch from the dash. It was not fun. I can't see anything with the massive air handler in the way. I disconnected a lot of it and dropped it down a bit so I had room to get a screwdriver in there.

Now that I have the ignition switch out, I'm not sure what my next steps are. I was hoping I could just undo the armored cable and clean out the old wire. But it looks like the switch it buttoned up tight. I can see where the outer body was crimped, but I'm having a bear of a time trying to undo those crimps. The metal is thick and stiff. Do I just need to replace the whole thing? Or is there a modern replacement?

-Kevin

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