Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard
Posted by Charles On 2012/3/21 21:38:44
3-21-12
Yesterday was spent removing the front fenders again and checking out what still needs to be done in the engine area. I reattached my distributor. The rotor and cap had to be moved around to get it to set in. I also don't remember the cap in the position it is in now so I hope the car is going to run! Distributors always make me nervous and I try to avoid touching them as much as possible.
I broke my second Packard bolt. This one was the one that attaches the bottom generator bracket to the engine block. The one at the rear of the generator broke. Maybe I had too much paint in the hole and I should have cleaned it out first.
When I put the belt on, I noticed the generator pulley and fan pulley were not perfectly aligned. I must not have gotten the fan pulley all the way on after painting the water pump. The fan was really hard to get back on so the paint must be a little too thick. I will have to remove it and sand the paint down.
Today I got the gas for the welder. Besides the empty tank, my other issue was the welding wire getting kinked and back feeding into the welder. I researched the problem online and found out it could be the wire tension. Sure enough, after loosening the adjusting knob, the wire fed without incident.
With a working MIG I gave it a try. Night and day is how I would describe the difference between MIG welding and flux core welding sheet metal. The MIG was so much easier! I was even able to run some beads and fill in pinholes from my other welding attempts. My welds don't look pretty, but they are definitely functional. I also filled in some of the larger gaps between the trunk and patch panels. Those are the blobs of weld you see in the pictures. Didn't grind them down yet. I think I need a smaller grinder to get in the curved areas of the trunk. Also got the new patch panel tacked in place. Still needs some work around the rear filler panel brace area and by the wheel.
Best of all, I convinced my wife that I need a MIG welder! I'm going to mess around with this one from work for now. I won't be able to afford one this expensive, so I will probably go with the Eastwood 135 model that BigKev is using. The one I got from work is a Miller 135 so I wonder if they are pretty much the same?
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Yesterday was spent removing the front fenders again and checking out what still needs to be done in the engine area. I reattached my distributor. The rotor and cap had to be moved around to get it to set in. I also don't remember the cap in the position it is in now so I hope the car is going to run! Distributors always make me nervous and I try to avoid touching them as much as possible.
I broke my second Packard bolt. This one was the one that attaches the bottom generator bracket to the engine block. The one at the rear of the generator broke. Maybe I had too much paint in the hole and I should have cleaned it out first.
When I put the belt on, I noticed the generator pulley and fan pulley were not perfectly aligned. I must not have gotten the fan pulley all the way on after painting the water pump. The fan was really hard to get back on so the paint must be a little too thick. I will have to remove it and sand the paint down.
Today I got the gas for the welder. Besides the empty tank, my other issue was the welding wire getting kinked and back feeding into the welder. I researched the problem online and found out it could be the wire tension. Sure enough, after loosening the adjusting knob, the wire fed without incident.
With a working MIG I gave it a try. Night and day is how I would describe the difference between MIG welding and flux core welding sheet metal. The MIG was so much easier! I was even able to run some beads and fill in pinholes from my other welding attempts. My welds don't look pretty, but they are definitely functional. I also filled in some of the larger gaps between the trunk and patch panels. Those are the blobs of weld you see in the pictures. Didn't grind them down yet. I think I need a smaller grinder to get in the curved areas of the trunk. Also got the new patch panel tacked in place. Still needs some work around the rear filler panel brace area and by the wheel.
Best of all, I convinced my wife that I need a MIG welder! I'm going to mess around with this one from work for now. I won't be able to afford one this expensive, so I will probably go with the Eastwood 135 model that BigKev is using. The one I got from work is a Miller 135 so I wonder if they are pretty much the same?
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