Re: 55PackardGuy's '54 Clipper Deluxe
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2014/8/17 13:25:13
It's pretty sparse instruction, isn't it? I thought you would find the hood adjustments under the Body section, where trunk lid and everything else is... but no. This manual really needs a master table of contents in the front.
Oh well, it did give the one clear directive, to "pull the lock towards the front of the bonnet as far as it will go and tighten the screws." That helps, because although I scribed the original location on the underside of the hood, there are slots and it wasn't pulled all the way forward.
However, not pulling it all the way forward during a past adjustemtn may have resulted in the condition shown in the pic. Note that the hook on the end of the safety catch is broken. Also note that there is no boss around the hole on the bottom plate like there is on the one I received from Packards51. This means the only threads for the big center bolt are tapped into a thin piece of steel. Seems like it would easily start to wobble.
Next pic is of the receiving part of the latch, located on what Packard calls the
"radiator top splasher." I like to just call it a shroud.
Note that it looks as though the top of the square hole, which receives the safety catch as been bent. Maybe this is how they're supposed to be, but it looks to me like someone was trying to make the hook slide out of the way as you close the hood, instead of doing what it does now, hitting square on the metal and requiring you to manually move it forward out of the way with the latch before the hood will close.
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Oh well, it did give the one clear directive, to "pull the lock towards the front of the bonnet as far as it will go and tighten the screws." That helps, because although I scribed the original location on the underside of the hood, there are slots and it wasn't pulled all the way forward.
However, not pulling it all the way forward during a past adjustemtn may have resulted in the condition shown in the pic. Note that the hook on the end of the safety catch is broken. Also note that there is no boss around the hole on the bottom plate like there is on the one I received from Packards51. This means the only threads for the big center bolt are tapped into a thin piece of steel. Seems like it would easily start to wobble.
Next pic is of the receiving part of the latch, located on what Packard calls the
"radiator top splasher." I like to just call it a shroud.
Note that it looks as though the top of the square hole, which receives the safety catch as been bent. Maybe this is how they're supposed to be, but it looks to me like someone was trying to make the hook slide out of the way as you close the hood, instead of doing what it does now, hitting square on the metal and requiring you to manually move it forward out of the way with the latch before the hood will close.
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