Re: Unidentified engine noise?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/3/27 10:30:26

I'd check the transmission fluid before driving any further. It doesn't take very many miles with low fluid to do very extensive damage.

12 volt sealed beams are easily obtainable, certainly from the usual Packard vendors but almost with absolute certainly from a good auto parts store.

I'd think that a generator bearing that was just noisy wouldn't cause the electrical problems you have. But if the bearing was noisy to the point of having self-destructed, it would probably also destroy the armature (which probably would not longer turn, being jammed against the field poles). Just drop the belt and give it a couple of good spins with your hand, at that speed it should be almost silent and pretty firm (no play) side-to-side, front-to-back.