Re: 1950 Packard 288 Auto overheating HELP

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/1/27 9:07:59

If your trans dipstick is under the hood, either you have a later Twin Ultramatic transmission, or someone reworked it to use a later pan as only the late 54 & 55/56 had that feature.

You'd know the carb-to-trans linkage was adjusted wrong by the shift pattern, and by checking the adjustment yourself. It's covered in the shop manual. If a "carb" guy adjusted it, unless he was very Packard-savy the chances are that he didn't have the foggiest idea what he was doing.

Water distribution tube removal is covered in the shop manual.

Sounds to me like you need to buy or download a shop manual and begin reviewing it.