Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by BigKev On 2009/4/19 23:04:13
Well, I managed to get one thing done on the car today. I got the old tranny lines removed from the car. A couple of the lines were frozen to their nuts. So I had to cut the lines to get them loose. I will use these old lines to pre-bend the new ones into the correct shape and then try to "tetris" them back into place.
Removing the lines from the side of the Gear Start was a real pain in the ass. I am sure that a lift would have made it much easier then laying on the concrete with the front end on jack stands. I came out from under the car just covered in grease and old tranny fluid.
One disturbing thing I would while under the car was the fact that at some point the kick down linkage has slipped off the tranny. So now I will have to figure out how to reset it back to the correct position. It's just a splined shaft that comes out of the tranny, and there is no key position for it. So you have to adjust it, and the tighten down the clamp to hold its position. At some point the clamp loosened up and slipped off the shaft.
Also I am not sure if the lines were ever change, or this was something different to the Gear Start, but the lines run completely down the passenger side of the motor. It has all the appropriate clamps to hold it to the block. Probably much easier to change the the style of lines that ran over the tranny, and up the drivers side, and then crossed over to the cooler.
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Removing the lines from the side of the Gear Start was a real pain in the ass. I am sure that a lift would have made it much easier then laying on the concrete with the front end on jack stands. I came out from under the car just covered in grease and old tranny fluid.
One disturbing thing I would while under the car was the fact that at some point the kick down linkage has slipped off the tranny. So now I will have to figure out how to reset it back to the correct position. It's just a splined shaft that comes out of the tranny, and there is no key position for it. So you have to adjust it, and the tighten down the clamp to hold its position. At some point the clamp loosened up and slipped off the shaft.
Also I am not sure if the lines were ever change, or this was something different to the Gear Start, but the lines run completely down the passenger side of the motor. It has all the appropriate clamps to hold it to the block. Probably much easier to change the the style of lines that ran over the tranny, and up the drivers side, and then crossed over to the cooler.
Pics follow....
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