Re: 1948 coil mounting bolts
Posted by HH56 On 2023/5/28 9:16:20
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On some engines the cable bracket assy does mount using a head bolt. Cannot say which years or engines or when the practice stopped but here is one such bracket mounting on a 47 356. Coil is not located on this 47 bracket and don't know if the same coil style bracket as others was used on the 48-50 356 engines. There is no hole on the 47 head side in the vicinity of the bracket but maybe that changed in later heads.
Doubt the top mounting would affect setting the proper torque since it effectively acts just like a washer but it is a pain to mess with head bolts if you want to remove it. For whatever reason Packard saw fit to do it that way.
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Packard Don wrote:
It typically does NOT mount to a head bolt as putting it ther would affect proper head torquing. There was a small hole on the side of the head to which it attached, similar to the holes for the oil filter mounting.
On some engines the cable bracket assy does mount using a head bolt. Cannot say which years or engines or when the practice stopped but here is one such bracket mounting on a 47 356. Coil is not located on this 47 bracket and don't know if the same coil style bracket as others was used on the 48-50 356 engines. There is no hole on the 47 head side in the vicinity of the bracket but maybe that changed in later heads.
Doubt the top mounting would affect setting the proper torque since it effectively acts just like a washer but it is a pain to mess with head bolts if you want to remove it. For whatever reason Packard saw fit to do it that way.
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