Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/12/26 23:53:36
Thanks guys! It sure is nice to see the inside starting to come around. Slowly but surely.
Merry Christmas to all! Been working a few things today. First, I took apart the second carburetor I picked up from Ross (thanks Ross!!) and gave it a good going-over. It was overall dirty and grimy, but far better than what my original one looked like. Float bowl and throat had gum and varnish, but again better than my other carb. I was surprised to see that it apparently had a fresh rebuild before it was pulled off the car. Gaskets new, accelerator pump, needle and seat, and idle screws were all new.
I disassembled and cleaned everything in carb cleaner, and reassembled. It was much easier and faster to do this the second time. I'm feeling much more comfortable with carburetors now. I also set all the adjustments according to the manual (float level, accelerator pump, fast idle, and unloader). Cleaned up nicely, though I will probably hit a few spots on the outside again.
Also got some cheap mirrors to replace the missing ones. Both doors already had holes drilled in them to fit old mirrors that are no longer produced. All I have is the base of one of the old ones, but nothing else. Since there were already holes and I don't plan on repainting the whole car anytime soon, I figured I'd make a couple new holes to fit the new mirrors. I know Packard original ones were mounted to the trim, but those are hard to come by, and my door skins already had the holes.
They work well enough. And for $50 I can make them work. Better than having open holes on both doors!
Can't install the new carb yet because I ran into an issue with the heat tube coming up from the manifold. It's not there. Looking closely at the box on the manifold it looks like there are remnants of a tube that was cut off at some point. What's the best way to address this? Try to take off the plate and then drill out the remainder of the tube?
-Kevin
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Merry Christmas to all! Been working a few things today. First, I took apart the second carburetor I picked up from Ross (thanks Ross!!) and gave it a good going-over. It was overall dirty and grimy, but far better than what my original one looked like. Float bowl and throat had gum and varnish, but again better than my other carb. I was surprised to see that it apparently had a fresh rebuild before it was pulled off the car. Gaskets new, accelerator pump, needle and seat, and idle screws were all new.
I disassembled and cleaned everything in carb cleaner, and reassembled. It was much easier and faster to do this the second time. I'm feeling much more comfortable with carburetors now. I also set all the adjustments according to the manual (float level, accelerator pump, fast idle, and unloader). Cleaned up nicely, though I will probably hit a few spots on the outside again.
Also got some cheap mirrors to replace the missing ones. Both doors already had holes drilled in them to fit old mirrors that are no longer produced. All I have is the base of one of the old ones, but nothing else. Since there were already holes and I don't plan on repainting the whole car anytime soon, I figured I'd make a couple new holes to fit the new mirrors. I know Packard original ones were mounted to the trim, but those are hard to come by, and my door skins already had the holes.
They work well enough. And for $50 I can make them work. Better than having open holes on both doors!
Can't install the new carb yet because I ran into an issue with the heat tube coming up from the manifold. It's not there. Looking closely at the box on the manifold it looks like there are remnants of a tube that was cut off at some point. What's the best way to address this? Try to take off the plate and then drill out the remainder of the tube?
-Kevin
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