Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2016/3/14 20:44:48

I got the T/L compensator all hooked back up week before last. I hooked up the battery to test and everything ran perfectly the first time. The only thing I did different this time was to use a washer as a spacer on one side of both the solenoids mounting bolts. I said before that the new solenoids are larger. So when I connected the limit switch it sits higher under the compensator. I believe it may even have been touching the under side. I added the washer to lean the limit switch down and now it moves freely.

I got the control valve the steering cylinder back together and painted along with the tie rods. Got it all roughed in this weekend. You may even be able to see the bungee cords holding it up since I have not applied a wrench to it yet.

Now that those are done (or nearly so), I dug out the steering gear to start breaking it down.

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