Re: "Waking Sleeping Beauty" .... The Blog!
Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2011/2/26 13:30:38
Back again!
While Portland has been having snow and temps in the mid 20's I decided to really tear into the carb. I picked up another 4GC on e-Bay to use as a reference.
One thing I found very interesting. The carb kit included and the FSM called for two check balls in the carb: A steel one for the accelerator pump discharge side; and an aluminium one for the pump inlet side. While both carbs had the steel discharge check ball, NEITHER had the aluminium INLET check ball. I might have lost one during disassembly, but since I took the e-Bay carb apart with the distinct purpose of finding the inlet ball I don't think I lost both. For a while I thought maybe having just the discharge check ball was a Packard variation but that didn't make any sense. I mean without the inlet check ball, any fuel in the pump bore would take the course of least resistance and flow back into the float chamber - instead of forcing the fuel past the pump outlet check ball. Plus the FSM (Thank God for Them) called for both. I can imagine that without that tiny aluminum check ball, the big Packard V8 had some definite "issues" on acceleration which may partly explain why it sat in a garage for 26 years rather than being repaired and why the donor Patrician sat in a South Dakota field since 1964. The more I dig into this car, the more amazed I am that it ran as long as it reportedly did.
Finished the carb WITH both check balls last night. Terrible picture! Trust me, the carb is really much cleaner and brighter that THIS!
Can't wait for the weather to warm up to try it out. Never the less, I figure that asking an engine that has only run in bursts of seconds after sitting as long as this one has to start in 23 degree temperature is a little much. Not to mention it being rough on the owner! Weather is supposed to be back in the rainy 40's and 50's by mid week - about the same time my fuel tank arrives from Mike Dulinski. In the meantime, I'll practice writing "Patience is a Virtue" 500 times each day.
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While Portland has been having snow and temps in the mid 20's I decided to really tear into the carb. I picked up another 4GC on e-Bay to use as a reference.
One thing I found very interesting. The carb kit included and the FSM called for two check balls in the carb: A steel one for the accelerator pump discharge side; and an aluminium one for the pump inlet side. While both carbs had the steel discharge check ball, NEITHER had the aluminium INLET check ball. I might have lost one during disassembly, but since I took the e-Bay carb apart with the distinct purpose of finding the inlet ball I don't think I lost both. For a while I thought maybe having just the discharge check ball was a Packard variation but that didn't make any sense. I mean without the inlet check ball, any fuel in the pump bore would take the course of least resistance and flow back into the float chamber - instead of forcing the fuel past the pump outlet check ball. Plus the FSM (Thank God for Them) called for both. I can imagine that without that tiny aluminum check ball, the big Packard V8 had some definite "issues" on acceleration which may partly explain why it sat in a garage for 26 years rather than being repaired and why the donor Patrician sat in a South Dakota field since 1964. The more I dig into this car, the more amazed I am that it ran as long as it reportedly did.
Finished the carb WITH both check balls last night. Terrible picture! Trust me, the carb is really much cleaner and brighter that THIS!
Can't wait for the weather to warm up to try it out. Never the less, I figure that asking an engine that has only run in bursts of seconds after sitting as long as this one has to start in 23 degree temperature is a little much. Not to mention it being rough on the owner! Weather is supposed to be back in the rainy 40's and 50's by mid week - about the same time my fuel tank arrives from Mike Dulinski. In the meantime, I'll practice writing "Patience is a Virtue" 500 times each day.
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