Agreed.

You can try to bench test the starter to see if functional.

I can't even start it. When I turn the key and press the pedal to start it shorts out and loses all power with a fully charged newer battery and when I used an old half charged battery it just made a whirring sound.

Hello, everyone! I have a question regarding regarding the wiring on the R9 overdrive solenoid. I am familiar with the wiring diagram, but I don't know which wires correspond to the actual connection points on the solenoid. When I bought the car, the solenoid wires were disconnected, so I really don't have a frame of reference.

Thanks in advance!

Thank you Owen, Howard, Mr. Potato Head and John! I'm on it. I like the idea of cutting a hole. Stay tuned. TC

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If it stalls when you give it gas, then I strongly suspect a carb issue.

My 54 did something similar on the way home from a car show. Issue was a torn accel pump in the carb.

If you very slowly give it gas does it stall?

I put one of the lug bolts back in at the 9 o'clock position and used a short piece of 2x4 wedged between the bolt and the garage floor.
Put the big axle nut on the end of the axle to protect the threads and to keep the hub from popping off and landing on your foot!

When I replaced my sending unit, I successfully siphoned out most of the gas. I didn't get it all but the tank was manageable when I dropped it and no gas spilled. I put a small floor jack under the tank to let it down easy.

The advantage of taking out the tank is that you can clean it. A consideration if this tank has never been taken off the car.

We are talking about a 1949 super 8 touring sedan I am learning as I go boys so keep in mind you are talking to a newbie.

I've had my packard for almost a year and I drive it a couple miles 4/7 days a week. I've run through my fair share of small problems including ones that seemed earth stopping but were very simple to fix. But I'm kind of freaking out a little.

I was teaching the wife how to drive her and stalled so many times that I had to start my car with a second battery. Let assume I hooked up wrong and fried something. I charged the original battery and then I went to start it a few days later and it would hum untill I pushed the pedal and it would lose all power. I swapped a new starter solenoid in hoping that was the problem. Still nothing. But when I hook up a different battery I press the pedal and I get a whirring sound.

ANY help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Your NOS one may just have oxidized contacts, a very common thing so disconnect the battery and try cleaning them. However, Napa can order the voltage regulator and I have one that I bought a while back for my 1951 that looks identical to the original Delco-Remy (but without the logo), however, I cannot recall where I bought it.

Be mindful that Packard used both Autolite and Delco-Remy which use different mounting holes. One NOS one you should is the Delco-Remy type but Autolite had one hole on one side and two on the other rather than at the ends.