Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2017/1/21 20:31:48
As Riki suggested I contacted Packard Southwest and I ordered a used heat riser.
I also tried going to a local exhaust shop about that blank I had. There were 3 shops listed in the county. One had changed to tires only now, one and gone out of business and the last was not open on Saturdays.
So I received the riser from Packard SW and once I cleaned it up it was in much better shape then my original riser, except for one thing. The damper was locked up tight. I soaked it for 7 days and it still would not move. Soooooo, I cut it out. I am so sick of being stuck on this part and now I am moving on. You can't tell that its been cut out. The weight and spring are still there. I just placed a weld on the inside to hold both sides in place. You can see from the images below its all bolted in now.
I ordered a couple fuel pumps. One in line pump to go mid-frame under the driver seat. Found a replacement for the engine pump on Rock Auto. It was cheaper then a rebuild kit for the original pump.
Also, I was working on the insulation in the shop this week when I discovered a couple huge cracks in the wind shield that I have stored up on a shelf. Now I have that to look forward to some day.
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I also tried going to a local exhaust shop about that blank I had. There were 3 shops listed in the county. One had changed to tires only now, one and gone out of business and the last was not open on Saturdays.
So I received the riser from Packard SW and once I cleaned it up it was in much better shape then my original riser, except for one thing. The damper was locked up tight. I soaked it for 7 days and it still would not move. Soooooo, I cut it out. I am so sick of being stuck on this part and now I am moving on. You can't tell that its been cut out. The weight and spring are still there. I just placed a weld on the inside to hold both sides in place. You can see from the images below its all bolted in now.
I ordered a couple fuel pumps. One in line pump to go mid-frame under the driver seat. Found a replacement for the engine pump on Rock Auto. It was cheaper then a rebuild kit for the original pump.
Also, I was working on the insulation in the shop this week when I discovered a couple huge cracks in the wind shield that I have stored up on a shelf. Now I have that to look forward to some day.
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