Re: Tom Malas "1931 833 Restoration "

Posted by Tom (Packin31) On 2021/9/8 19:19:23

Hello my Packard friends,

It has been a few years since I have had the Packard out of the garage. So this week I took off of work to get it out of its slumber.

Had to fill all tires since they where flat.

Removed the fuel pump and found it was all corroded inside. Cleaned it out and put back together and reinstalled it. It took some cranking to finally get it to start. It ran pretty good giving that sat for almost 5 years.

Took it out for a test run around the neighborhood. About a 5 mile ride or so.

Took it out again today and did a 45 mile run. While pulling back onto the home stretch a few house away this happened. Left rear tire went flat.

Pulled the tire and found that the stem is leaking right at the point where it is glued to the tube.

Can the tube be repaired or I am best to just purchase a new tube?

Should I be concerned about this happening to the other tires?


Onto another issue the fuel pump. Once I got the Packard back into the garage and left it running just to check things out under the hood and wouldn't you know it the fuel pump is leaking. Thank goodness it didn't catch fire while I was out on my drive.

Does anyone know where I could purchase a rebuild kit for the fuel pump?

Thanks
Tom

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