Re: V8 lifter differences

Posted by PackardV8 On 2010/9/22 22:07:10

Hibernation????? We all have 55 and 56 Packards with V8's. Controversy over parts is ramapant and has been for at least 12 years that i know of. The V8 as well as the rest of the car is at the very least an R&D project. There is nothing text book or by-the-book about maintaning them. If it was as easy as a tri-5 Chevy then every week end warrior and red neck across America would be restoring them just like they do the tri-5 chevies.

Many of the so-called 'experts' are not really experts at all. There are NO experts on these cars (unless it's their own car) . We are not dealing with tri-5 chevies here.
I've called various vendors and other so called experts about various parts of which they have no idea (or claim no knowledge of) while a few weeks later someone on this forum comes up with a factory part number of reference. In some cases they didn't even know how the part actualy functioned.

THere is no offense to be taken here by anyone. It's a group effort and one that is rather serious. At least to me it's serious.

OR, to put it another way : Never ask an encyclopedia salesman wheather or not u should by set of encyclopedias. What do u think they're going to say????

DOn't hibernate. Just grin and bare it.