Re: '55 Packard help...

Posted by John Miller On 2012/4/27 21:50:56

Had the same problem. Advice given was to lubricate and clean all rubber bushings asscoiated with the torsion bar system. It worked, 2000 miles ago, no problems to date.
This assumes all the electrical for the torsion bar system is working. If you manually lower the rear of the car and it does not come up and the motor does not engage to raise the car most likely you have both an electrical and lubrication issue. If the motor engages and at some point raises the rear of the car then most likely a lubrication issue or worn rubber bushing issue.
I defer to others who may have more experience but the advice worked for me.
John