Re: Electric cooling fan

Posted by Ernie Vitucci On 2013/8/27 10:05:44

Good Morning all...

I have a 49 Packard 288 and have had cooling problems with the old girl. However, in reading old Packard service information, I learned that if one is running in hot weather and using antifreeze, Packard recommended a thermostat at 147 degrees. The closest I could find was out of the truck or marine catalogue at NAPA. They had a 142 degree thermostat that looks just like the original thermostat that was in our Packard when we purchased it.
The part number is 18-3551- Line SME.

I also advanced the timing from 6 degrees before top dead center by rotating the distributor, after marking the 6 degree location, until it was in the middle point between running rough by too much advance and not enough advance. It helped quite a bit. I also took of the strange after market muffler and put a 30" Glas Pak muffler with a 2 1/2 inch tail pipe.

I live in Phoenix area and the car is much happier now.

Ernie