Re: M@'s 1949 Deluxe 8 Sedan, 23rd series

Posted by M@Ross On 2007/11/25 14:23:51

After narrowly escaping a 15 hour shopping trip with the Mrs's on black friday. My father in-law and I retreated to the garage a day earlier than planed and set to starting the rewiring job. It took all day but we got all the major engine essential parts wired in; ignition, starter, carb, generator, as well as the charge gauge and the temp gauge. The only part we didn't know if it was still functioning was the generator. We had gotten the engine to run earlier, now we had to see if the whole system was working properly from key to running.

I would like to title the remaining part of this entry as "You push on WHAT to start it?"

So we quickly realized that the key didn't have a start setting. After spending half a second looking for a button we each went our own ways. While i the novice went to the owners manual, my father went to the wire chart and and figured it out as fast as i did.

The gas pedal, huh? I think that should be in bigger letters somewhere with exclamation points. then again I am the novice.

We had been wondering what the switch and the ball bearing were in the carb. Crazy Packard people. After that Key was on and we pushed on the pedal and she turned over and started up. After starting it 6 or so times each, chuckling over how cool that is, we checked the gauges. I am happy to report a functioning generator and temp gauge and the engine system is running fine. Now to finish the wiring and get the break parts. I tried to order the brake parks last week but i just missed most of the locations and they were all down for the holidays. I'll try and get those this week.