What BigKev said. Had the same problem with my '37 when I swapped the (better looking) '40 cap. Stalled the car within two miles. Baffled me. Rebuilt the fuel pump. same thing. Pulled the cap.

Ran perfectly.

I had several weekends working on my '40 110, with cracked fenders, severe damage on the lower front edges of the fenders, and metal far to thin to weld with the Harbor Freight wire feed.

Yeah, that was fun.

I did tack-weld in a 3/16" rod on almost all of the lower edges of the fenders, and welded in patches behind the cracks on one fender, and riveted the other. Then a layer of fiberglass-filler, a layer of fiberglass, and another layer of filler. The leading 1/4 of the front fenders was thin enough to dent with my thumb. The (trash quality) fenders are much stronger now. The repairs will be primed and painted body-color, but the rest of the patina will remain.

Stuck valves, all day long.

I had stuck valves in my '37 237 and my '40 110. I soaked them both in Marvel Mystery Oil, Diesel, and a few other concoctions.

Pretty much zero effect.

I pulled the heads, intake/exhaust manifolds and opened up the lifter galleries; in both cases the No 3 and 4 valves were stuck open. On the '37, the tappets of the day had a dome-topped screw-type adjustment. Some moron ground them flat, and then with wear over the years, the screw face grew a divot from the valve touching it. Repaired that. Massive amount of crud on all the valve stems; it was not easy getting the "packard" script valves out of the heads but eventually I succeeded. Cleaned them up with a fiber wheel on a buffer, put them back in the engine and with the repaired tappets, the engine runs like a sewing machine.

Similiar effort on the '40 (with a '46 engine in it) but haven't fired that up yet.


Run non ethanol gasoline, and run the engine long enough to get to temperature, and run it monthly.


Thank me later.

This thread brings up an interesting question for me.

My '40 110 will not see freeway speeds; it'll be a cruiser around town. Pretty much stock.

I have a '47 transmission that came with a donor engine.

Should I just remove the Econodrive trans and it's accessories completely, and sell them? I'm in the middle of bodywork at the moment; the freshened up 245 is in the car, the trans is untouched.

Thoughts?

Prayers for her family.

Good for you. Those are some beautiful cars!

I always wanted a '38 or '39 Packard Super 8 convertible sedan, after reading a novel called The Last Convertible, which featured that car and the characters that drifted in and out of the life of the vehicle.

I'll never own one, but have a couple of Junior models, and that's enough for me.

Excellent--thanks!

I'm well into the refresh of my tired '40; engine is back in and I'm in the midst of repairing cracked, paper thin fenders, et.al.

I need to find a source for the cloth-type weatherstripping that's secured with the small brass split-pins.

Any advice?

Sounds like a mal-adjusted linkage...however:

This may not be a 'when it's warm' issue, but both of my Junior Packards had incredibly worn shift linkage, including every part in the linkage. Every circular hole was wallowed out; every shaft had a deep groove worn into it.

Quality time with the wire feed welder, drill, grinder and files restored crisp, snappy shifting by just restoring those bits.

I basically cobbled up tools like that to press out the bushings. Worked well.

Now that the 37 and 40 have both been done, I hope to never, ever work on a king pin front end again...

Sadly, a '65 Falcon Van might need them though...