Re: Wile Family's Second Packard
Posted by Tim Wile On 2012/3/19 16:17:08
A simply lovely final day of winter so I thought I would take the 400 out for another test drive around the neighbourhood. Unfortunately, the transmission shift lever is stuck in neutral! I've seen discussions of where Dual Ultramatics have been stuck in Park, but never in neutral. In fact, I cannot move the shift lever into park, it only goes as far as neutral, and now it is stuck there. I'm wondering if the problem is loss or damaged linkage or this could be the harbinger of more serious problems? I've also noticed that the 400 has no reverse lights when it was in reverse. I've compared the 400 with the Patrician and when the Patrician's transmission is placed into reverse, the reverse lights illuminate - the 400's don't. Of course, now, I can't get the transmission lever out of "neutral." The top photo shows the transmission indicator as far left as it will go.
The middle two photos show the mis-aligned driver's door window. The last photo is just a cheesecake shot of the 400 after its weekly drive.
BTW, I have confirmed that the car is in "neutral" rather than "park" since the car does roll some distance which I believe wouldn't be possible if the transmission was in "park." Any thoughts out there before I start to check out the shift linkage?
PostScript: After some vigorous rocking back and forth, I managed to get the transmission linkage to shift and I took the 400 for its weekly jaunt around the block. I'm still hearing scraping noises from the passenger's rear wheel so I fear I have no alternative but to pull the hub and check out what is going on with the brakes. At least I have some experience in working on Packard brakes from my trials and tribulations with the Patrician.
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The middle two photos show the mis-aligned driver's door window. The last photo is just a cheesecake shot of the 400 after its weekly drive.
BTW, I have confirmed that the car is in "neutral" rather than "park" since the car does roll some distance which I believe wouldn't be possible if the transmission was in "park." Any thoughts out there before I start to check out the shift linkage?
PostScript: After some vigorous rocking back and forth, I managed to get the transmission linkage to shift and I took the 400 for its weekly jaunt around the block. I'm still hearing scraping noises from the passenger's rear wheel so I fear I have no alternative but to pull the hub and check out what is going on with the brakes. At least I have some experience in working on Packard brakes from my trials and tribulations with the Patrician.
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