Re: NEW Website Feature

Posted by BH On 2010/9/6 8:33:31

Thanks, Jim.

I hope that owners of 48-50 cars find this latest installment helpful, as the 46-50 factory shop manual seems a bit spotty in its coverage. This index contains nearly 600 topics, though a handful are duplicated between more than one category, where applicable; over 100 involve the early Ultramatic.

I only wish I could have made this available sooner. Alas, progress came in fits and starts, due to problems at home and work, and I am much less familiar with these Packards. I really got bogged down with the 1947 SCs, as the 22nd Series convertibles were being produced, concurrently, with 21st Series cars for months. Then, as I made my way back through time, I found that a growing number of articles were more often vague WRT model application. It takes a lot of extra time to scour the shop manuals and parts books for info to help clear up those gray areas, topic by topic.

While there's still room for some improvement, I didn't want to hold up the presentation any longer, as I had noticed a growing number of questions on 22nd-23rd Series cars in the Forums that could have been answered by this index. Thanks to HH56 and anyone else who helped answer such questions, with excerpts from and even direct links to specific documents, as I continued working.

Last, but not least, I'd like to take time out, here, to advise that we are missing the following STBs:

STB 47T-...all issues

STB 49T-4 (Zones only)
STB 49T-6 (Dealer 5 or Zones only?)
STB 49T-7 (Dealer 5 or Zones only?)
STB 49T-12 (Zones only)
STB 49T-14 (Zones only)
STB 49T-19 (Zones only)
STB 49T-21, Dealer 16
STB 49T-25 (Zones only)
STB 49T-30 (Zones only)
STB 49T-34 (Zones only)
STB 49T-37 (Zones only)
STB 49T-40 (Zones only)

STB 50T-1 (Zones only)
STB 50T-5, Dealer 4
STB 50T-11 (Zones only)
STB 50T-17 (Zones only)
STB 50T-19 (Zones only)
STB 50T-25, Dealer 20
STB 50T-28 (Zones only)
STB 50T-29 (Zones only)
STB 50T-30 (Zones only)
STB 50T-39, Dealer 31 (49-50 Index)
STB 50T-40 (Zones only)
STB 50T-42 (Zones only)
STB 50T-44 (Zones only)
STB 50T-47 (Zones only)
STB 50T-48 (Zones only)
STB 50T-60 (Zones only)

I expect the "Zones only" issues will be hardest to come by.

Also, Studebaker Service Bulletin No. 355, which has a couple of topics applicable to the 48-50 cars, is still missing.

If anyone can help fill in the blanks, please contact BigKev. Upon receipt of that material, I'll update the index, as needed and as time permits.