Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard
Posted by Charles On 2010/9/23 20:52:47
9-23-10 Continued...
Started to take the front end apart. I removed the radiator splash panel. The top row were hex bolts. The bolts going on the grill were slotted screws with washers. Does that sound right?
To my surprise, the grill started to come out when I took the last bolt out of the radiator splash shield. I guess it wasn't attached anywhere else. I traced the wire into the engine compartment and removed the wire attached to the top of the junction blocks on each side. Pulled the wires out of the holes in the front panel of the car by the fresh air intake tubes. I noticed that each parking light had one wire that was not connected (douglas connector male end?). This is probably why they did not flash when I use my turn signals. I will replace this wiring with modern wires when I reinstall on the car.
Also removed the battery tray. Had to "hug" the fender with a wrench on the bolt head inside the car and my impact wrench on the nut inside the wheel well.
Once that was removed, I turned to some of the bolts on the fender. I loosened the one up top on the cowl. I also removed two in the wheel well on the brace. Tried to do the bolts by the rocker panel, but the metal behind them fell apart and the bolts just spun. Looks like I will have to cut those out. Didn't see any toward the front of the wheel well. Hard to do with a flashlight so I stopped for today. I did notice some rust holes in the front of the wheel well as well as an old fiberglass patch and a metal screw holding things together at the bottom of the fender.
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Started to take the front end apart. I removed the radiator splash panel. The top row were hex bolts. The bolts going on the grill were slotted screws with washers. Does that sound right?
To my surprise, the grill started to come out when I took the last bolt out of the radiator splash shield. I guess it wasn't attached anywhere else. I traced the wire into the engine compartment and removed the wire attached to the top of the junction blocks on each side. Pulled the wires out of the holes in the front panel of the car by the fresh air intake tubes. I noticed that each parking light had one wire that was not connected (douglas connector male end?). This is probably why they did not flash when I use my turn signals. I will replace this wiring with modern wires when I reinstall on the car.
Also removed the battery tray. Had to "hug" the fender with a wrench on the bolt head inside the car and my impact wrench on the nut inside the wheel well.
Once that was removed, I turned to some of the bolts on the fender. I loosened the one up top on the cowl. I also removed two in the wheel well on the brace. Tried to do the bolts by the rocker panel, but the metal behind them fell apart and the bolts just spun. Looks like I will have to cut those out. Didn't see any toward the front of the wheel well. Hard to do with a flashlight so I stopped for today. I did notice some rust holes in the front of the wheel well as well as an old fiberglass patch and a metal screw holding things together at the bottom of the fender.
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