Re: Our 1932 901

Posted by Marty or Marston On 2016/2/1 17:21:32

Dave & Tim

I would prefer a sealed throwout bearing. I've been debating as to what I want to do about it and the transmission. As you probably remember, I took over this restoration from another person. He had rebuilt the trans and did not plug up the opening for the Bijur leaving the original Bijur fitting installed. He also did not install four (1 at the top & 3 at the bottom) of the studs that go in the bell housing. When I tried to screw them in it appeared e things did not align properly.

Since I'm a one man operation, not in possession of a transmission jack and not wanting to buy one; I'm not sure that I want to tackle removing the transmission to replace the bearing. If I can't get the studs installed, then I'll tackle the issue, but I may just decide to do anyway if for no other reason than the bearing. I think I remember seeing a post of Dave's where you mentioned a Napa P/N.

Since the linkage was done as part the conversion from up to down draft. I kinda decided to make them myself as I like doing those sorts of things as opposed to trying to chase them down. As long as I have the lathe set up to do 32 threads per inch I may just re-make the choke one so it is in a S shape.

Dave thanks for you nice comments and Tim on your thoughts on sealing the line. I really appreciate all the assists I get from PackardInfo.com. I spend enough time on this project undoing what I've done so I can install something else that should have gone in before.