Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2022/4/28 21:06:24
This is all helpful JDub, Howard and Kevin..and Ross.
I'll say first that the drums are on, pretty tight, but no noise, and the brake lines connected. I'm basically done, except for installing the new MC brass block and stoplight switch...and bleeding the brakes. My buddy Chuck McDonald will probably come by to help when those items arrive.
I was asking Jeff to overnight me some thinner seals, but Don Figone, a most knowledgeable Packard guy in Santa Rosa who has had a '40 Darrin since the '60s, (and in taking a picture of it in 1964 at the Hillsborough CA Concours showing only the tail end of the Duchess) among other cars, sent this paragraph from a Packard Service Letter. Rather amazing.
My previous brake system was probably a 120 set up and there perhaps the seals are flush, as my old ones were.
But that's not right for a Super 8, according to this Letter, so I cinched both sides up and I think we're good. The drum doesn't have much of a mechanical advantage, but I can turn it without much effort using 2 hands. Once I put the wheel on, it should turn easily.
Gee, you really do learn something every day.
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I'll say first that the drums are on, pretty tight, but no noise, and the brake lines connected. I'm basically done, except for installing the new MC brass block and stoplight switch...and bleeding the brakes. My buddy Chuck McDonald will probably come by to help when those items arrive.
I was asking Jeff to overnight me some thinner seals, but Don Figone, a most knowledgeable Packard guy in Santa Rosa who has had a '40 Darrin since the '60s, (and in taking a picture of it in 1964 at the Hillsborough CA Concours showing only the tail end of the Duchess) among other cars, sent this paragraph from a Packard Service Letter. Rather amazing.
My previous brake system was probably a 120 set up and there perhaps the seals are flush, as my old ones were.
But that's not right for a Super 8, according to this Letter, so I cinched both sides up and I think we're good. The drum doesn't have much of a mechanical advantage, but I can turn it without much effort using 2 hands. Once I put the wheel on, it should turn easily.
Gee, you really do learn something every day.
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SealServiceLetter.jpg (75.17 KB)
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