Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by BigKev On 2010/4/22 11:37:15
Thanks for the info guys. I appreciate it. Since the readings look good in everyones eyes, then I will leave it alone. I am going to go back through and double check all the carb settings this evening. Sunday I am flying out to Chicago, next week the project will be on hiatus. So I want to get as much done as possible before then.
One problem with the Clipper for a test drive is there is no real place to secure the battery with the fenders off the car. Plus not sure if the local police would think of me driving a half disassembled car around the neighborhood with no brake/tail lights, and a registration sticker that expired 24 years ago! But, hey if it just around the block, then perhaps not an issue. I'll just tell 'em its an oversized go-cart!
I another note I have found the information in the Packard Service Training Manuals to be far more detailed than anything in the actual Service Manual. So for mechanical "Newbs" like myself they are a great resource.
None of the auto-parts stores around here had a "screw-in" style oil pressure gauge so I could check the engine oil pressure from the sender port. I wonder if the Ultramatic Test Gauges I bought would work?
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One problem with the Clipper for a test drive is there is no real place to secure the battery with the fenders off the car. Plus not sure if the local police would think of me driving a half disassembled car around the neighborhood with no brake/tail lights, and a registration sticker that expired 24 years ago! But, hey if it just around the block, then perhaps not an issue. I'll just tell 'em its an oversized go-cart!
I another note I have found the information in the Packard Service Training Manuals to be far more detailed than anything in the actual Service Manual. So for mechanical "Newbs" like myself they are a great resource.
None of the auto-parts stores around here had a "screw-in" style oil pressure gauge so I could check the engine oil pressure from the sender port. I wonder if the Ultramatic Test Gauges I bought would work?
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