Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard
Posted by Charles On 2011/6/20 19:18:57
6-20-11
Finally a little car time today. Removed the thermostat housing to find that my car does not have one! Hope that is not an indication of overheating problems.
Next I flushed out the block. Started by running the hose at full power up the water pump hole. This filled up the block until it came out the thermostat hole in the head. Then I put the hose in the thermostat hole. Flushed twice, then I put the distribution tube in and out a couple of times kind of like a scraper. Very little debris was on the tube. Cleaned the tube and reverse flushed two more times. Water was coming out nice and clear and no more debris on the distribution tube so I put it back in for good. Realized I have been spraying water around the manifold holes in the engine. Hope no water got in there!
Since the motor and ground were drenched, I turned my attention to the manifolds. I wire brushed them the best I could. Then I blew the dust off with compressed air and put on a coat of phosphoric acid. I was hoping it would be dry enough for a coat of paint, but not today.
I found an area that I think was a repair (see pic). Also, there was another hole under the manifold similar to the one for the manifold vaccum hose on the top of the manifold. Is it supposed to be there and what is it's purpose? My petcock came out really nice, even though it is not supposed to be there!
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Finally a little car time today. Removed the thermostat housing to find that my car does not have one! Hope that is not an indication of overheating problems.
Next I flushed out the block. Started by running the hose at full power up the water pump hole. This filled up the block until it came out the thermostat hole in the head. Then I put the hose in the thermostat hole. Flushed twice, then I put the distribution tube in and out a couple of times kind of like a scraper. Very little debris was on the tube. Cleaned the tube and reverse flushed two more times. Water was coming out nice and clear and no more debris on the distribution tube so I put it back in for good. Realized I have been spraying water around the manifold holes in the engine. Hope no water got in there!
Since the motor and ground were drenched, I turned my attention to the manifolds. I wire brushed them the best I could. Then I blew the dust off with compressed air and put on a coat of phosphoric acid. I was hoping it would be dry enough for a coat of paint, but not today.
I found an area that I think was a repair (see pic). Also, there was another hole under the manifold similar to the one for the manifold vaccum hose on the top of the manifold. Is it supposed to be there and what is it's purpose? My petcock came out really nice, even though it is not supposed to be there!
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