Re: Proud New Owner of a 49 Packard Club Sedan

Posted by PackardusOctavus On 2018/12/5 21:08:24

Went out to deal with the carb last nite with a pal. Fired it up and he noticed some liquid around a spark plug so he pulled out the plug. And lost it. Of course, no old one around. Found it under the blast cabinet after a 10 minute search. Liquid was some from heater hose install. Ran it up to temp. Block was 200 degrees. Exhaust was 276. Heat riser tube was....
84. That explains the choke problem. Put a screwdriver in it and adjusted the timing a slosh. Then it would not start. No fire. Took off the cap, things look ok, still no fire. Substandard language in abundance. End of coil wire had collapsed. Replaced wire. Fired right up, still running rich. Leaned out left screw, still running rich. Leaned out right screw. Makes no difference at all. Put hand over carb cutting off 3/4 air... runs perfectly.

With a bad heat tube, no working idle mixture screw, and MASSIVE AIR LEAK, removed carb, sent to be rebuilt.