Re: New Packard owner questions....

Posted by Loyd Smith On 2008/11/11 10:18:11

I think that the off-road diesel was mentioned as something with which to flush your engine with after cleaning the gunk out of the pan and the oil pump pickup screen. In the old days, before detergent motor oil, we used to drain the oil and (in my grandfather's practise) use a mixture of kerosene and motor oil to flush the engine (turned over several times with starter motor and then thoroughly drained) before adding the new motor oil.

You will need new gaskets for the pan and for the tranny pan. Tht filter in the transmission is of the metal screen type and can be cleaned. Gaskets are available from several sources, Best Gasket, Kanters, Max Merritt, Sandy Chirco at Tuscon Packard (and probably more).