Re: New Engine

Posted by Peter Packard On 2024/4/28 2:37:33

As an interesting segway, in about March 1985, I was asked by a Member of the Packard Automobile Club of Australia to assist in the conversion of his 1948 2292 from a manual to an ultramatic. I advised that his crank rear probably had to be machined to take the Ultramatic converter snout. I arranged for this to be done in Melbourne and this was done with the engine fully assembled. A few months later I get a call from him is a very remote part of Australia (and I mean 150 miles of nothing each way... Google Nullabor Plain )on the Nullabor Plain to advise that he has gone in for a checkup because he noticed an oil leak. The mechanic told him that there was a bolt thread protruding from his sump... wat do I do? I ascertained that the firm doing the work had dropped the distributor retaining bolt into the sump and a kind counterweight had punched it through the sump pan not much later. I advised him to put a washer and nut on the bolt , tighten and proceed. It apparently went well after that.