Re: John’s ‘53 Caribbean

Posted by John On 2024/10/6 22:24:33

Latest update. For 53 Caribbean. Not driven since 1983.
New fuel pump, carb rebuild, tank purge , fresh gas and restarted. Very smooth. Actually smoother than my 48 custom with 356. Next was to complete brakes which involved replacing and connecting lines to distribution block on treadle vac. This was a pain, not Packard‘s finest engineering effort. Bleed and adjust brakes and ready. Started right up and I drove a couple houses as tires are terrible, hence that is next effort. I also need to replaced all vacuum lines.

I would like to thank Ross for the trans fill cap. Pretty simple thing. Does it leak out of there? Another question would be., when going into gear it seems to bite hard, is that normal for ultramatic? Might it soften up with some use.?

Next update will be road trip. (Like in neighborhood😬)