Re: Nice day in Florida

Posted by Morgan On 2009/1/4 18:49:17

Packard V8 Thanks for the response. I have a 1955 5582 Patrician (auto) power steering and power brakes, no AC. Frame off restoration in 1990 last driven in 2000 so I was very cautious and trailered her everywhere. Before anything was done I started the motor and rejoiced when it started the first time and ran smooth, (only drove on and off the trailer). Our troubles began after the first oil change, when a very liquid gasoline mixed oil and (MMO?) was discovered in the crankcase when we started changing all the fluids. The lifter noise just went away after a couple of oil changes, MMO finally OEM (still not driven just up and down off of the rack). Once the TL and brakes were rebuilt, hoses, wheel bearings, new fuel pump, a small leak on the carburetor was fixed, the wipers were lubricated and hoses replaced, finally one more oil change was made just to flush out anything else out. The lifter noise started up again but disappeared. The brakes were jumpy but the master looked good and my first test drive was made (you read the story), the engine ran smooth although the transmission was a little stiff but also smoothed out. Then I stopped for gas, added five gallons of high test, drove about two blocks and the engine just slowly stopped. The TL stopped working and when finally restarted the lifter was making noise and the engine was rough and more and more pressure was necessary to stop the car (the pedal was never dropped to the floorboard I know the difference when my 57 Plymouth Plaza lost her brakes). I believe that some of this is all interconnected and if you fix one thing others may follow. I know we should have dropped the pan first, however it took forever to get the set of gaskets and by the time they were received the noise went away at that point it wasn't broke. Tomorrow I will make the decision to drop the pan and see what the problem is, today I did yard work, clearing a space to place my new Packard planter (just kidding, maybe).