Re: Clemens's 47 Custom Super Clipper
Posted by Clemens On 2014/9/9 14:38:44
The car came without the battery retainer and the battery was leaking acid. 
As it is a no go to drive around with a leaking battery wandering around the engine compartment I ordered a battery and a new retainer.
Unfortunately the retainer did not look like the ones originally used by Packard and, what was worse, it did not fit the new battery.
So I started to fabricate a new retainer from scratch.
This is the retainer pictured in some of the manuals:
I don't have a press plant, only the tools of a sheet metal shop:
painted to match the surroundings
Retained Regards,
Clemens
As it is a no go to drive around with a leaking battery wandering around the engine compartment I ordered a battery and a new retainer.
Unfortunately the retainer did not look like the ones originally used by Packard and, what was worse, it did not fit the new battery.
So I started to fabricate a new retainer from scratch.
This is the retainer pictured in some of the manuals:
I don't have a press plant, only the tools of a sheet metal shop:
painted to match the surroundings
Retained Regards,
Clemens
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