Re: Vacation Car - 56 Patrician
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A little late in the response but I looked a little further into the rear end of the patrician. I did confirm it has the twin traction (removed the rear cover for inspection) and confirmed it has the 3.54 rear end ratio. So not to bad. I got the axle shafts in and torqued, however the air compressor is down at the moment so I wasnt able to fill the tires back up and didnt have the gasket on hand to install the rear cover. Hopefully those parts will be there when I get back this coming weekend.
next step is to work on the a/c I have a general idea where I am going to mount the drier. I also created a spread sheet with all the connections and what hose goes where, all I need is to take the measurements, find the ends I need on cold hose and get custom hoses made! pretty pumped about that. then I just need to mount the thermostat, somehow wire everything, fix the horn, an alignment and I would say that about covers the winter work that needs completed!
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I had a similar conversion done on my patrician. it is pretty nifty!
Posted on: 12/21 11:34
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The car has been successfully transported from Pittsburgh back to my folks place in Lancaster. While it is sitting there over the winter I hope to try and finish up the last tid bits: a/c, alignment, headliner, last mechanical stuff etc.
To start that off I got the rear axle shafts removed and had Ross press on new wheel bearings. I just heard that was done so when they come back I will be able to install new axle seals and yoke seal. When removing the yoke nut, would I have to replace the nut with a new one? I know other rear ends I worked on said the nuts are a one time use item. In effort to get the a/c done, Howard, what brand of thermostat did you use when you did your a/c conversion? and where did you mount the filter/drier? Do you have any pictures showing the a/c line routing? I have the condenser and compressor in and the filter/drier is the last component before I start figuring out how to route the lines. Howard, did you run any hard lines on the condenser to eliminate having rubber hoses go past the radiator support?
Posted on: 2023/11/29 16:30
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I do not have the original fuel pump. I went with a 55-57 Ford T bird fuel pump (as suggested by Ross). This fuel pump was rebuilt. Went with this pump as it has a vacuum pumped attached to it to replace the vacuum pump that was originally attached to the oil pump (Im running the olds pump conversion). But the fuel lines are new as is the tank, so it definitely shouldnt be a clogging issue. thank you for that link on the horn! ill give that a go when I get around to fixing the horn. I did find the issue with the horn PW/PS/PL. It appears that some how the feed wire for the PW/PS/PL got caught on the column and wrapped around it until it split and shorted on the column. That short is what caused the smoke coming out of the steering wheel the other day. So the electronics and wiring for the PW/PS/PL should be okay I just need to remove the wheel and inspect the damage in the column wiring. I do know that the turn signals still work as they should, so thankfully that section didnt fry. Speaking on the turn signals, column and wheel. My steering wheel is about 90 degrees off from center. To correct an un centered steering wheel the FSM states to just adjust the tire rod ends until the wheel is centered. Ill have to confirm that the steering gear is properly centered (equal turns to the right and left) but does the output shaft of the steering gear have clocking marks 90 degrees apart? It does it only have one? meaning the pitman arm can be clocked in 90 degree increments on the steering gear.
Posted on: 2023/11/17 10:17
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I have over 450 miles I put on this thing and its running great. A couple issues have crept up... I tried putting on a different steering wheel and I couldnt get the horn to work (it did before). So I was fiddling around with the contacts in the column and I thought I got it to work right. Well I drove it the following day and as I was pulling out of a parking lot I lose power, the radio cuts and it feels like its coasting. Then the radio come backs on and power is back and I continue driving. While this was happening I was hearing some type of electrical noise in the steering column and it started to smoke. It stopped a couple seconds later and everything was fine but the horn didnt work... I figured something shorted or somehow that wire got power to it (it is a ground wire up through the column). Need to look into that. I dont know if this is connected but I also found out my power windows, seat and locks no longer work (need to check the circuit breaker and wires).
I was working on the a/c system and I may have leaned on the connections on the horn relay that allowed contact between the horn relay feed and the horn signal wire? again need to look into that. BUT! I was able to get the a/c compressor and condenser mounted. I used the york to sanden mount and milled another slot into it and mounted it to the original compressor's mounting bracket. I used a SD7H15 Sanden compressor. I used an 11-1621 condenser and the associated mounting brackets which just reached the mount holes on the radiator support. There are mounting points all along the edge of the condenser so it makes it fairly easy to mount. I did need to make spacers that were about 1.125" long to keep the condenser away from the cross bar in front of the radiator.
Posted on: 2023/11/16 17:12
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I saw that and ordered one. It should be here Friday. I did take your suggestion and soaked the filter in brake cleaner. Surprisingly enough, it was 62 when I woke up this morning and should be holding that temperature all day, so I took the packard. I was able to do a couple hard 2 and 3 gear pulls and so far it is not having that bucking issue!! so I am glad all it was is a dirty fuel filter, so thank you!!
Posted on: 2023/11/7 11:34
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Re: Resurrecting my 56’ Patrician
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Going back to the brake light switch. After hearing the issues with the pressure switches and availability I just went with the mechanical switch route that bolts to the column on the inside of the car. Simple enough modification to do and so far both cars (patrician and caribbean) have been working fine with no issues
Posted on: 2023/11/7 11:27
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removing the ceramic filter and doing a pull doesnt seem all the difficult to do. I will try and clean it and see what happens. It appears amazon and Jegs sell the ceramic filter. I believe I got a new gasket, I cant remember if that filter was replaced... and thank you for the write up on the overdrive. Could I run into an issue if the cable isnt fully putting the mechanical block into place? Would the solenoid fail in such a way that the contacts would go to ground regardless of the mechanical shut off block? An easy way to test would be to remove the fuse for the relay and do a hard throttle pull?
Posted on: 2023/10/30 16:37
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Thanks! I guess Ill check fuel stuff, but the carb was rebuild by me. I guess I could have done something wrong.
Posted on: 2023/10/30 14:16
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