Re: PackardDon's 1956 Clipper Custom Sedan
Posted by Packard Don On 2021/12/10 22:33:37
After it was at the Oregon shop where I come up to work every couple months, during one visit I noticed a large rusty area on the concrete below. I thought an expansion plug or worse, a cracked block, had happened so took a look but some are hard to see and nothing was obviously damaged from that angle.
On a later visit when I had time to do more work, I thought I would change the radiator hoses but in doing so, I found that the water crossover's thermostat flange was broken at the back bolt so I replaced the casting. Taking it off meant removing the Ultramatic cooler and immediately saw where the rust spot on the ground had come from! It was like Swiss cheese. I acquired another and installed it and also rebuilt the fuel pump.
At some point before I got it, someone had replaced the stock fuel filter with an aftermarket pressure regulator type and they cut the steel line near the pump. A new filter was purchased (and an NOS ceramic filter to go inside) but the steel line was another matter as it wasn't being reproduced. One could get them for the two-barrel models and for the dual 4-barrel Caribbeans but not for the single 4-barrel so I had some made. The old cut line is shown here but if I can find the photo with it replaced, I'll post it instead.
Update: I forgot to point out that the power steering belt was on the wrong pulley which has since been corrected but an interesting problem as the extra pulley shouldn't even be there. It is from a car with factory A/C which this car has never had!
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On a later visit when I had time to do more work, I thought I would change the radiator hoses but in doing so, I found that the water crossover's thermostat flange was broken at the back bolt so I replaced the casting. Taking it off meant removing the Ultramatic cooler and immediately saw where the rust spot on the ground had come from! It was like Swiss cheese. I acquired another and installed it and also rebuilt the fuel pump.
At some point before I got it, someone had replaced the stock fuel filter with an aftermarket pressure regulator type and they cut the steel line near the pump. A new filter was purchased (and an NOS ceramic filter to go inside) but the steel line was another matter as it wasn't being reproduced. One could get them for the two-barrel models and for the dual 4-barrel Caribbeans but not for the single 4-barrel so I had some made. The old cut line is shown here but if I can find the photo with it replaced, I'll post it instead.
Update: I forgot to point out that the power steering belt was on the wrong pulley which has since been corrected but an interesting problem as the extra pulley shouldn't even be there. It is from a car with factory A/C which this car has never had!
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