Re: Mike P 1955 400 Slow Resto Thread!

Posted by Packardfan On 2022/6/12 22:18:39

Hey guys I got my Packard last night! Thank god I was having a birthday party at my house when it showed up. She was at the top of the car carrier like you see in the pic and I ended up having to back it off from up there while Ed the truck driver and Mike my uncle pushed me down. She would start but not idle so we had to manually get her down. Luckily I live in a hilly area, I just used the hill to glide down my street after I got to the driveway I had 6 men in the family push me into its resting spot. Luckily I got to take a real good look at the under sidev while it was on the carrier, man she is pretty damn clean of rust of course some surface stuff but nothing serious. It looked like there is a coating on the underside. I messed with the carb today and turned the idle screw almost all the way in, she will start and idle now but the accelerator pump is shot, if I hit the gas pedal it dies out I have to slowly ease into it. The only thing I am pretty bummed about is the cracked windshield and drivers side window glass. I never asked if there were cracks in the glass I didn't see anything in the pics that looked like there was a crack, oh well lesson learned. Heres my plan of attack...

1. Rebuild Rochester 4 jet carb and tune. I have never rebuilt or tuned a car carb only 70's Harleys. Any tips would be awesome!

2. Fix exaust leak. There is no exaust coming out of the left tail pipe. I am pretty sure it is where it connects to header that is leaking. Any tips?

3. Clean out Tranny and add new fluid. Any tips?

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