Re: Our 1932 901

Posted by Marty or Marston On 2015/12/22 19:27:40

I've worked off and on the car since the last post. We've been busy with our RV and several marriages (son & grandson). A RV trip took up 3 months as we traveled the mid-west.

I did manage to get the all glass installed except for the windshield. The T-groove channel in frame for the windshield was two narrow for the weather stripping to fit into. I think this was due to the plating process. I trimmed the weather stripping (Steele Rubber) and cemented it in with a black urethane material and will install it in the next several weeks. If the urethane doesn't do the job, I'll need to grind the channel opening some, send it out for re-plating, and install a new piece of rubber.

The Bijur system was cleaned up and checked out. I had to replace about a dozen metering units, which were bought from Bruce Blevins along with some other parts. There were several leaks that were also repaired

The brake pedal that presented a problem (See January post) was installed. The brakes were checked out and adjusted. I had problems with the front wheels locking up when they were turned hard left or right. I followed the instructions in the "Service Bulletin Bendix Brakes Packard" found on this site and the procedure A11 found in the 1929-1932 Service manual.. The procedures were tried several times, but the front tires would lock up when turned either full right or full left.

Finally A11 was repeated and then the brake adjusting nut was backed off on both fronts the same amount of turns until there was no binding when turned hard in either direction. The tires were 1) turned straight ahead, 2) pedal pressure applied until one of the wheel had a lot of drag, and 3) the adjusting nut on the tightest wheel was backed off a little at a time until the drag for both front wheels became the same. At this point there was no lockup when the wheels were turned either hard right or left. The rear tires were then adjusted so the rear left and right were equalized. There seems to be plenty of brake pedal so I'll see how it works out after I get it on the road.