Re: Close Call In the Clipper

Posted by Gary On 2014/3/26 10:58:37

You know it OD...first time in my life I was ever that close to an accident of that magnitude. Funny, after everyone was secure with the condition of the humans they all wanted to know if the Packard was injured...it's an Ultramatic OD...I didn't think about what it would do the next time I turned it off so when we got to the "Dairy Freeze", I naturally just turned it off and when we finished our ice cream and I went to crank up, all it did was urmph!...urmph!...urmph!...each time I hit the foot switch. Sounds almost like the battery is depleted however you can hear the Bendix engage the flywheel but won't spin the engine over. I tried grasping the fan and turning it over by hand but no dice...I can very VERY slightly move it back and forth but its locked...ended up calling the owner of one of the two local tow services we have who also owns a few classic cars and he lifted by the rear wheels, tied the steering wheel and we headed down the road...luckily I was only about two miles from the house at that point but ready to get there after all that had happened...the wrecker driver backed the old gal in the garage...I closed the door...and that's the end of the story for now. I just hope if a tooth broke off that it came off the Bendix gear and not the ring gear.