Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan
Posted by Ken_P On 2014/10/26 16:03:13
Thanks to a great host, I had a wonderful day yesterday with Mohawk Valley Lunch Club- I saw a very exclusive collection full of beautiful cars. Good motivation to keep working on mine!
I did get all of my valve guides out- you can see from the pictures that several of them did not want to leave. Some of them did come out extremely easily- almost tapping out. I still have to clean out the valve galley. I thought I was so clever by finding a valve guide driver that fit into an air hammer, but it only worked on the easy ones. All of the tough ones required many stiff blows from a manual hammer. Damaged one valve seat- details elsewhere.
Also picked up some new tools- body hammers and dollies, rolling pin punches, a parts washer, and a blasting cabinet. All good stuff.
Next step will be installing new valve guides, then I need to get the valve seat fixed. I am still exploring options.
Also picked up a beautiful NOS fender and great looking exhaust manifold. It is the later style manifold, so not correct, but it will be perfect for touring, and if somehow a junior Packard is ever graded like a full classic I'll try and get mine repaired. Not holding my breath. Pictures of the new parts later.
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I did get all of my valve guides out- you can see from the pictures that several of them did not want to leave. Some of them did come out extremely easily- almost tapping out. I still have to clean out the valve galley. I thought I was so clever by finding a valve guide driver that fit into an air hammer, but it only worked on the easy ones. All of the tough ones required many stiff blows from a manual hammer. Damaged one valve seat- details elsewhere.
Also picked up some new tools- body hammers and dollies, rolling pin punches, a parts washer, and a blasting cabinet. All good stuff.
Next step will be installing new valve guides, then I need to get the valve seat fixed. I am still exploring options.
Also picked up a beautiful NOS fender and great looking exhaust manifold. It is the later style manifold, so not correct, but it will be perfect for touring, and if somehow a junior Packard is ever graded like a full classic I'll try and get mine repaired. Not holding my breath. Pictures of the new parts later.
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