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I haven't made a good road trip yet; almost took off to Chattanooga for some photos of a restored steam locomotive at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum but the 100 degree temps stopped me. Maybe if I had that a/c unit in your 1808 I may have tried. Do you think that the a/c is the reason for your lower gas mileage? I'm getting about 10 mpg around town in the 1807.
Posted on: 2011/9/21 12:57
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Did you use the Packard trim pieces mentioned in this thread from Arizona? I just installed a set on my 1807 and found them to apparently be just a little too long. They protrude about an inch and cover that much of the rear fender. I decided to leave it since it looks better than the old set which was too short and obviously wasn't right either.
Posted on: 2011/9/15 21:33
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Looking over this thread I think I can offer a couple of other suggestions. My Man Godfrey with Lombard and Powell has a few Packard coupes in the first sconces when Lombard goes searching for a "lost man" and finds Powell. There may be another appearance in later scenes when they return to the dump; I don't recall.
I seem to recall a Cary Grant movie where he and his former wife and wife to be again are drunk operating a convertible coupe. The car eventually runs away when they are talking to a motorcycle cop and crashes. Don't recall that title.
Posted on: 2011/9/4 11:38
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I am probably the last to know this, but a visit to Sam's Club today disclosed that Sam's sells Rotella-T in 6-1 gallon containers, or for the fleet owner, 55 gallon drums.
6 gallons at $75.88, FOB Marietta, Georgia. 55 gallons at $596.00 FOB Marietta, Georgia.
Posted on: 2011/6/22 19:47
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To catch up on some of the questions. The old battery was definitely 6v, three caps, etc. I have owned the car about one year and the ammeter was not played with. I found the comment about reversing the polarity of the battery interesting. That may be what happened here.
Any rate, the system seems to be working correctly now albeit the ammeter is reversed. I am looking at getting some new wiring harnesses, so will deal with that then. But for the present everything seems cured. I will be driving it some in 90 degree Georgia heat tomorrow to make sure all is well on several counts. Thanks for the excellent suggestions. Plenty of knowledge on this site!
Posted on: 2011/6/7 20:30
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Here are the numbers:
Battery is at 6.28 V When running, charge at battery terminals is 7.70 - 7.83V. High beams drop to 7.12V. Car ignition off and headlights on sends ammeter to positive charge. Thus, apparently the ammeter leads are reversed.
Posted on: 2011/6/5 20:20
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Update today.
Repolarized as per the instructions. Small spark. Cranked car and the ammeter still pegged to left showing "discharge." Turned ignition off, and removed key. Ammeter is now "zeroed out" as it was before. When disconnecting battery, no spark and now reaction at ammeter. No headlights or radio on. The thing I still don't understand is that with the old battery the ammeter showed a charge and now it shows a discharge.
Posted on: 2011/6/5 18:35
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I did make certain about the positive ground. But I don't know anything about repolarizing the system.
I'll see if I can google something on that or find it on this site.
Posted on: 2011/6/5 11:54
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Other day I went out to crank my 1940 180 for the first time in about two weeks. It was stone cold dead. Oh well. So I hitched up the charger and checked after a little while. The red light was on indicating a battery problem. Sure, enough, there wasn't enough juice to turn the overhead light on.
So off to NAPA and a new battery (Model 7204). Put the new battery in and the car cranked immediately. But, I noted the ammeter was now showing a heavy discharge instead of charge. I turned the car off and the ammeter then showed a charge. Evidently, the ammeter is reading in reverse. Suggestions?
Posted on: 2011/6/4 15:18
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