Read post #7, and note the date.

Misspelled "Pacard" on the trunk lid.


I know, picky picky picky . . . .

Very cool!!! Thank you.

IIRC, the crank is 105#. Your weight for the block seems light to me. Not doubting you, but I would have guessed it weighed more.


Good luck on parts.


I found this a while back and offer it as food for thought. I'll be following this. I have a barn full of Packard 8s in need of TLC.

jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/packard- ... erf-mods-lets-talk-about-it.388993/

Chagrin Falls is a helluva name

RE:1921 Twin Six Phaeton.


That looks decent for the money. I heard they weren't making those any more.

The engine is out. This is a redo from scratch. I have a theory and this is the guinea pig.


Thanks.


I'm sure something else will pop up sooner or later.

While wondering and before researching: IIRC, the 359 has hydraulic lifters. I think that NOS replacements are still available. My question is, can the solids from the little engines be used instead?

It's next to the bottom of all of the goodies listed in the column to our left. <<<<< this left over here. I think I may have sorted out the miss on the new 356 but wasn't quite up to that, but I was up to $250. Happy Thanksgiving. If I get this job I'm looking at (and they at me), I might can see my way clear to send more later. Agreed, Kevin does more for online Packard stuff than the next 16 people added together. And he sorted out that asshat over on Facebook. Fred sends love.

Funny, I was just fixin' to change the oil in the new car and had begun to wonder what to use for a filter, and then this thread pops up. Allah does provide.


Seems to me I bought a Wix filter for the old Ford tractor last year and I had to purchase the gasket - rubber - separately. Maybe that's apples-n-oranges.

Back when Wat was first accumulating Packards and related goodies, his second (he thinks) purchase was a 1951 Patrician engine - a 9 main 327. It was (and still is) stuck tight as a drum. I think there's a thread out there about it, or it's in my Clipper blog thread, but regardless, we all went through this tedious process to get exactly nowhere with it. Wither head head off, we got two cylinders still holding (last I looked) Witches' Brew over the rings. Wat is a strong boy and the engine was going to turn over before it would turn over.


So, I agree with HPH. Drop a few F-bombs, declare the damned thing a nuisance, turn it over, pull the pan and the crank, beat that old crap out, and buy the Uber Rebuild Kit from Kanter. If I ever wind up doing that 327, that's what I'll do. But since then, three 359s have butted in front of it.


Whatever you decide to do, my best wishes to you!!!