22nd Series Electromatic Clutch Removal

Posted by JD in KC On 2011/4/9 9:22:04

My latest Packard originally came from the factory with an Electromatic Clutch. Someone in the past removed the entire Electromatic upper assembly. The car still has the lower assembly including the large vacuum canister, bracket attached to the starter motor, pulley, wire attached to the clutch pedal, and probably other stuff.

Since I am of the opinion that the Electromatic Clutch even when working correctly is pretty much a needless accessory particularly considering the complexity of the Rube Goldberg design, and since half of it is missing, I intend to remove all traces that are left on the car. As time permits and pending availability of parts, I'll return the accelerator linkage to the simpler, cleaner non-Electromatic configuration.

My question is... are there any implications or 'Gotchas' that I should be aware of as regards interaction with the overdrive or anything else?