Re: Easamatic Rebuild Sources

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2013/8/20 14:07:52

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Sorry about the delay. A flood of "domestic repairs" has limited my time following threads to my cell phone.

The BTV out of the blown engine Patrician was used with the BTV unit out of my Patrician to make one rebuilt using replacement parts sourced from (I think) Max Merritt Packard - possibly Tuscon Packard but MM has gotten the bulk of my business.

Howard, For what it's worth, you were mentioning that you've never seen the "bubble" BTV resevior lids on a Packard. Both the BTV unit on my '55 and on the '55 parts Patrician had the bubble lids. I'm not surprised that my '55 has what I now know to be an after-market lit even though it has had long periods of hibernation. I am a little surprised about the '55 parts Patrician having it seeing how it "died" in it's 11th year. I have no way of knowing how/if that car was serviced in the first decade. But to have this bubble top lid tells me that it received at least one BTV rebuild. What I really would like to know is if that lid came from a rebuild done by a Packard Dealer or an independent

I check all fluid levels once a month and do the oil can bit on the parts that have drip cups. The brake fluid level in my '55s BTV hasn't gone down since the entire brake system was rebuilt in '12. Forgive my memory but some one here recommended a brake system flush every two years. I plan on following that advise so my Patrician will get a system flush in the Spring of next year.

For the record, I haven't had any brake problems since the rebuild other than a air leak in the vacuum side. I discovered that when the car was shutting down at odd intervals and finding NO reserve power assist immediate the shut down. Still trying to find the leak. I just prey it is in something other than the BTV.