Re: 356ci Engine Stalls

Posted by HH56 On 2022/1/16 23:39:25

Jeff, thanks for the kind words and glad to hear your car and the OD in particular is starting to co-operate. The original problem did sound like the coil acting up and that symptom of intermittent engine dying only to work again after a restart is a known issue with older coils that get hot or are starting to fail. At least you now have the Napa coil as a spare for emergency use so it is not money wasted. Just figure out some kind of mounting you could do on a quick emergency basis and you are set.

As to what little Packard knowledge I might retain in the decreasing number of active brain cells, it mostly came from devouring tech and service materials and being fortunate enough to have more than a few Packards to play with over the years. Sorry to say it was not learned the hard way by actually turning wrenches -- at least not on cars. My day job for over 40 years was the installation and servicing of medical imaging equipment.