Re: Resurrecting a 1951 Henney-Packard Parts Car
Posted by Packard Don On 2023/11/3 21:08:16
This is an Autolite distributor where the advance turns the whole body rather than simply turning the plate inside and it turned out that the advance was not broken but rather it was loose where it connects to the distributor.
When removing it I discovered that the vacuum line at the distributor was loose because its flare was gone and the line was also plugged a bit. There is probably not enough there to flare even if my flaring tool could handle a tube this small. The fitting on the other end wouldn't rotate on the tube but some heat took care of that.
With the cap having been off for decades in outdoor storage, needless to say it was in terrible condition and even a spare I had was nearly as bad but its rust was more superficial. Between the two, though, I should be able to come up with a usable unit once I get a replacement rotor as I have none laying around that I can find other than a broken one from the spare distributor. A new set of points would be great too but not mandatory as neither is in too bad a condition other than cosmetically and one cleaned up nicely. The cam isn’t great either but I’ll see if it can be polished a bit although if not, it will need to be replaced.
One thing broken on the one in the car was the points adjustment cam but the other had a good plate that cleaned up reasonably.
According to the parts book all 24th and 25th series cars with the Autolite system should have the IGP 4502-C while the one in the car is an ICP 4502-B. Yes, my finger was in the photo on purpose as I was trying to deflect and limit some of the flash in order to get a readable image!
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When removing it I discovered that the vacuum line at the distributor was loose because its flare was gone and the line was also plugged a bit. There is probably not enough there to flare even if my flaring tool could handle a tube this small. The fitting on the other end wouldn't rotate on the tube but some heat took care of that.
With the cap having been off for decades in outdoor storage, needless to say it was in terrible condition and even a spare I had was nearly as bad but its rust was more superficial. Between the two, though, I should be able to come up with a usable unit once I get a replacement rotor as I have none laying around that I can find other than a broken one from the spare distributor. A new set of points would be great too but not mandatory as neither is in too bad a condition other than cosmetically and one cleaned up nicely. The cam isn’t great either but I’ll see if it can be polished a bit although if not, it will need to be replaced.
One thing broken on the one in the car was the points adjustment cam but the other had a good plate that cleaned up reasonably.
According to the parts book all 24th and 25th series cars with the Autolite system should have the IGP 4502-C while the one in the car is an ICP 4502-B. Yes, my finger was in the photo on purpose as I was trying to deflect and limit some of the flash in order to get a readable image!
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ED457AD2-968A-4603-8F4D-B327A528388C.jpeg (354.66 KB)
137C8B85-2F23-4C2F-8C9C-0B0D6C030723.jpeg (314.58 KB)
E7CA94C8-7063-4B79-89D7-16EEF1F4067F.jpeg (252.08 KB)
CB564861-6309-4261-983E-0723BC743AC1.jpeg (345.41 KB)
B6C5F729-D651-4022-B2F1-F2227B3C042B.jpeg (281.52 KB)
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