Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by BigKev On 2008/4/3 22:34:13
Well had about an hour or so to get a little work done on the car.
So I painted the lower splash pan. I had this pan media blasted at the same time as the rims as it was completely rusted. As you can see it has lots of surface pits in it. So I painted it with semi-gloss frame paint. No one will really see it up under the car, and the frame paint should do its just for quite a while.
I also broke the bolts loose on the sway bar and removed it from the so I can finish clearing all front frame. After the frame is painted, then I will put the refinished swaybar back on with the new end rubber, and my newly designed brackets.
Also I bent up the first of the oil lines. I still need to remount the oil filter, then I can bend those lines. The original oil lines on my car were not run correctly and the filter was set up in a full flow configuration instead of a by-pass configuration. When I got the car it just had a 2 way "T". One side went to the sender, and the other side to the filter inlet. Then from the filter outlet back to the block inlet that feeds the upper gallery.
So I bought the proper 3 way "T". Now the sender is in the middle as you see now, the right side of the "T" line feeds the Block inlet for the upper gallery, and the left side of the "T" line goes to the Filter Inlet, and the Filter outlet line goes back to a inlet in the lower crankcase that dumps back into the pan. On my car that inlet had a plug in it. So I am not sure if the filter was an add on that was just not plumbed correctly, so someone decided to replumb the filter in a full-flow configuration.
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So I painted the lower splash pan. I had this pan media blasted at the same time as the rims as it was completely rusted. As you can see it has lots of surface pits in it. So I painted it with semi-gloss frame paint. No one will really see it up under the car, and the frame paint should do its just for quite a while.
I also broke the bolts loose on the sway bar and removed it from the so I can finish clearing all front frame. After the frame is painted, then I will put the refinished swaybar back on with the new end rubber, and my newly designed brackets.
Also I bent up the first of the oil lines. I still need to remount the oil filter, then I can bend those lines. The original oil lines on my car were not run correctly and the filter was set up in a full flow configuration instead of a by-pass configuration. When I got the car it just had a 2 way "T". One side went to the sender, and the other side to the filter inlet. Then from the filter outlet back to the block inlet that feeds the upper gallery.
So I bought the proper 3 way "T". Now the sender is in the middle as you see now, the right side of the "T" line feeds the Block inlet for the upper gallery, and the left side of the "T" line goes to the Filter Inlet, and the Filter outlet line goes back to a inlet in the lower crankcase that dumps back into the pan. On my car that inlet had a plug in it. So I am not sure if the filter was an add on that was just not plumbed correctly, so someone decided to replumb the filter in a full-flow configuration.
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