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

Posted by Charles On 2010/9/5 15:34:30

9-05-10

More progress/observations made today. First thing I tried to do was the control valve adjustment. See my previous post on that. Since I'm pretty much stuck on that one, I moved on to readjusting the bands. Turns out I had it right at 1-3/4 turns and I had just typed it wrong.

After that, I tackled the throttle rod. First I hammered it so the oddball bends were straightened out more. Since I don't have a straight metal ruler, I decided to use my jig idea, but keep it simpler. I marked a straight line on a scrap board. Then I marked a spot on the line on the 1" line on my tape measure. I marked another line at 29-29/32". This gives me the 28-29/32" distance I need. I was going to drill some holes for the pin, but instead I just lined it up by eye and matched the mark on the opposite end through the holes in the rod. After a little bending back and forth, I think I have it about as good as I'm going to get it.

Rubbed it with some sand paper to clean it up and painted it with my Rustoleum rusty metal primer. While that dried, I moved on to something else.