Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard

Posted by Charles On 2010/8/11 20:28:39

Was 1951 the last year Packard used wood in their cars? While under the car I just noticed my inner rocker panel is actually a 2x4! Also noticed the floor isn't as bad as I thought, but almost all of the body brackets are rusted off or the mount is rusted away. I guess I'm going to have to learn to weld for sure now!

Does anyone know the Packard part number for the rubber hose that connects the transmission to the cooler line? Anyone? Oh yeah, that's because it's not supposed to have one! Remember my previous post when I thought the trans fluid on the ground was coming out of the car because I overfilled it? Well it turns out this rubber hose pulled off the metal line. Looks like further proof that the idiot who put my trans in was a crook. Instead of removing the fitting from the trans, he cut the metal line and put a rubber one on with hose clamps.

Could that hose have been leaking, causing a loss of pressure and keeping H from working? I don't know if that would do it or not. Since the trans is drained anyway, I continued to remove the pan. Once I got that off, I took a quick look at the screen and it looks OK. Too dark to see if the plates are still on the L band. Here are some pics...

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