Re: engine identification

Posted by 69cutless On 2009/2/18 22:06:11

I.ve looked at the title and it is in fact a 1954 packard with a henny body. The guy i got it from says that the orginial engine was bad so they exchanged it for a 1955 engine ,it has 288, 327, stampted on the top of the head(flathead 8) and the number 420791 on tne side of the head. The vin is 54332106. The seller stated that it had a knocking sound so he turned it off and parked it for at least 15 years befor i bought it. The number 6,7,8, pistons were frozen to the cylinder walls but i was able to pour marvial oil in on the top and spray wd 40 on the bottoms so i finally got the pistons freed up enough to move them down in bores and used a hone to remove enought of the rust so i could remove the pistons. The valves were another problem as they were frozen so bad i couldn't turn the crank or even the cam. I had to use small chizels to wedge them out, I broke the i the little towers that are at the top of the valve guides.I think there is plenty of the valve guide to keep the valves straight, and didn't see any umberla seals on the guides. I need to find some valves, bearings and gaskets, if ya know where please tell me where to look. Iv'e checked the bore and it is within .005 of pistin sise so if they clean up I won't have to replace anything but rings and bearings, they also look good but might as well replace any. Thanks for info