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The car starts fine but the starter kicks out of engagement occasionally so I am hoping the correct battery cables will help.
Since it turns over and does start, new cables probably will not help much with the kickout as such but definitely will help in other hard starting situations such as a weak spark that could be the reason for an occasional misfire and the resulting kickout.
Regarding the kickout, sometimes engines would misfire or otherwise could be reluctant to fully start so the starters had the kickout issue you are dealing with because the brief almost start kicked the starter pinion out of mesh with the ring gear. Packard corrected that issue by going to a
different Bendix in 52. As the article starting on page 35 of the linked counselor mentions, that Bendix was made retrofittable to your 51 and even earlier models but your car may or may not have had the change. If it was updated, there could be an issue with the locking pin in the Bendix but if it still has the original starter and Bendix you will either need to live with the issue or find the new Bendix or a later starter with the updated Bendix.
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