Re: Problem with charging battery
Posted by Leeedy On 2016/10/7 20:09:17
I keep looking at V-8 Clippers vs. Packards today mentioned on the internet, in magazines and in these forums and everything seems to be all jumbled up. Maybe I'm remembering this wrong, but when these cars were new, I always noted that Clippers seemed to have Autolite generators and electrical systems while Packards had Delco. And when it came to carburetors... Packards seemed to all have Rochesters while Clippers had Carters. Now I see Packards with Carters... Clippers with Delcos and Rochesters. I also seem to remember differences in pulley sizes from Autolite to Delco. Nobody ever mentions these things today... but I just don't remember it this way.
I also have seen several 1955 batteries hooked up backwards. Right now, today, there is a 1955 Packard advertised by an auction company on Hemmings... with the red cable (which ought to be positive) hooked to the rear (positive terminal) ...when a 1955 Packard battery should be just the reverse with positive grounded. But there it is proudly showing in the photo of the engine compartment.The battery cables in the photo are criss-crossed in a lovely "X" pattern...but the factory never did that! Auction claims the car underent an extensive restoration...but what's the deal with the backwards battery hook-up? Wonder how it runs...
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