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Goingbush

Valve Seat replacement.

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I'm rebuilding a '48 288 & it needs some Valve seats replaced. One in particular is too far gone to dress with a seat cutter.

I can not find any reference in the parts book ( other than Valve spring seat - different part) and the exploded engine views are not showing the seats as separate parts. Nothing listed at egge.

Does anyone have an interchange , or specs / measurements on the seats so I can cross reference .

If nothing matches up I can make new seats from scratch but I rather buy them if easily available parts from another engine fit, they can't be any more than $10.00 each , prolly cost me $50 each to make.

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Posted on: Today 2:01

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Packard Don

Re: Adapting a Holden Water Pump

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How about a 327 with overdrive and a 4.7? That’s what my 1951 has but of course it weighs three tons too.

Posted on: Today 1:17

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Caribbeandude

Re: Packard j4540

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would you like to sell one of these tools? thanks!

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Caribbeandude

Re: Tucson Packards’ Sandy Chirco

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One of the good guys, he will be greatly missed

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Peter Packard

Re: Adapting a Holden Water Pump

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Good luck with your project. Please post updates as you proceed.

Posted on: Yesterday 21:38

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TxGoat

Re: Adapting a Holden Water Pump

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A 327 with OD or a 3.75 ring & pinion would be nice... 327 & OD with a 4.09 in a 120 would be sweet. Most displacement is in the stroke, so I'd limit any boring as far as practical.

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humanpotatohybrid

Re: Website

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Yes, this forum, like any successful social network, relies on being publicly accessible to draw people in.

Posted on: Yesterday 21:13

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humanpotatohybrid

Re: 56 Packard Rear Leveling motor is Stuck

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Ok... get some sleep...

The terminals on the motors must be powered only ONE at a time. It is grounded through the case.

The motor is actually powerful enough to severely damage the suspension if you spin it too far up or down, so I don't know what it could be binding on. I would remove the motor assembly and control box from the car so they can be bench tested and repaired if needed.

Be sure to follow the service manual instructions on how to remove these items. The suspension has stored energy in the torsion bars.

Also I just bought a few spare torsion level motors. Once we figure out what is wrong, I could sell you a refurbished one if needed.

Posted on: Yesterday 21:09

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humanpotatohybrid

Re: Adapting a Holden Water Pump

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Goingbush wrote:
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Peter Packard wrote:
Yer but. Some poor B will end up with your car and have a water pump issue and wonder what the heck is going on. It sounds good but I would recommend that you put a repair kit through your existing pump. It would also be a good idea to convert the 288 to the 327 and bore it out 60 thou. Good luck anyway. I may have some parts if you need same.

Any poor B that buys any of my cars knows they are fully custom built & nothing is original or standard.
I'm in Australia . Everyone here knows what a Holden water pump is & I'm sure they will be happier to pay $45 at any corner auto store than import a repro pump.

The Packard engine I'm fixing up is going into a '29 Chrysler frame with a custom built speedster body . Its stupid to bore a good STD block out to 60 over to get what , another 5 cubes , yeah thats going to make a difference, not. Now if anyone wants to rebuilt it needs to be sleeved. I prefer 288 over 327 , slower piston speed wins for me.

Yes a lot of people do prefer the high revving 288's over the luggable 327's.

Posted on: Yesterday 21:06