Re: Proud New Owner of a 49 Packard Club Sedan

Posted by PackardusOctavus On 2018/12/31 12:54:29

Thanks for your suggestion. I have to correct my earlier post about the wiring. Its apparently on the pass side, as in your pic. I looked at the 4 door wiring and the switch is on the driver side, in the door pillar, and is in with the wires going to the rear of the car. On the Club Sedan, the switch is on the pass side above the pillar, and the light is centered near the back window. So, there must be a wire going TO the light, thru the bulb, and then to the switch to ground. I R&R'd the switch itself and it functions as designed on the bench, but there is no juice to the light fixture, and hence no juice to the switch. I got the bezel in, so it does not look like a$$, but will have to take out the driver's sill panel and hunt down the correct wire to test it to find the location of the fault.

I'm still waiting for the carb. In the mean time, I cleaned up the vac booster metal tube from puel pump to manifold, only to find out that it was copper! I polished it up and sprayed it with clear. The fuel line from pump to carb was steel, so I dereusted that and also clearcoated it. The vac advance tube was stainless, so I replaced that with one from the auto parts store. As usual, they did not have the correct one, but they had a new brand that is a copper alloy, looks like copper, and is much more easily bent, so I got that.


I found a NICE set of correct hubcaps on ebay, and got them promptly. They look great on the car, except that me wheels are red. On a black car. This looks nice with the (incorrect) 51-54 cloisonne hubcaps, but looks odd with the correct ones without beauty rings, so we painted the wheels black. The cloisonne ones are pretty nice, but, as usual, one of the inserts is broken, so if anyone wants them, please contact me!


I pulled the wiper motor from the parts car and sent it off for rebuiding. This was quite underwhelming; its just three screws. Fuel sending unit should be in next week. Pulled the grille out of the parts car and will start sending that off for replating. Note that grill bolts and nuts rust badly; I had to cut them off with the grinder to get them out. The arms that support the grill peices were solid as a rock.


Still waiting on the carb.....