Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
Posted by Charles On 2014/5/6 20:30:59
5-6-14
One of the "sins" committed on this car is the half ass conversion to 12v. The car starts quick and idles well. If you give it gas, it wants to die unless you pump the gas pedal a little.
Today, I wanted to remove it's dependence on the 12v battery. It has a Carter electric fuel pump rated at 5.75psi which is appropriate for this engine. I bought a new 6v commercial battery from Napa to power the car. Installed it and tried to crank it over, but the car would not start. It must run the 12v fuel pump too slow.
I removed the mechanical fuel pump with was bypassed.
I removed my rebuilt mechanical fuel pump from the '51. The arms look a little different, but I installed it anyway. Fuel filter filled with fuel so I know the '51 pump is working.
The ignition wires were chewed to death by rodents. I'm amazed that the car even ran! The spark plug wires barely stayed on the spark plugs. I removed all of those and replaced them with ones from the '51. Still no start.
Replaced the 6v coil with the one from the '51. Still no start. Even put some gas down the throat of the carb and nothing.
Gave up for the day. I have only had the car less than 48 hours and I made a running car no longer driveable! LOL! Next time I work on the car, I will have to check for spark.
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One of the "sins" committed on this car is the half ass conversion to 12v. The car starts quick and idles well. If you give it gas, it wants to die unless you pump the gas pedal a little.
Today, I wanted to remove it's dependence on the 12v battery. It has a Carter electric fuel pump rated at 5.75psi which is appropriate for this engine. I bought a new 6v commercial battery from Napa to power the car. Installed it and tried to crank it over, but the car would not start. It must run the 12v fuel pump too slow.
I removed the mechanical fuel pump with was bypassed.
I removed my rebuilt mechanical fuel pump from the '51. The arms look a little different, but I installed it anyway. Fuel filter filled with fuel so I know the '51 pump is working.
The ignition wires were chewed to death by rodents. I'm amazed that the car even ran! The spark plug wires barely stayed on the spark plugs. I removed all of those and replaced them with ones from the '51. Still no start.
Replaced the 6v coil with the one from the '51. Still no start. Even put some gas down the throat of the carb and nothing.
Gave up for the day. I have only had the car less than 48 hours and I made a running car no longer driveable! LOL! Next time I work on the car, I will have to check for spark.
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