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Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
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Charles
12/7/2020

Let me vent for a moment. One of my biggest pet peeves are people who light fireworks when it's not the forth of July. Don't get me wrong, when it's holiday appropriate I have no problem with people setting off fireworks. I prefer the ones that give a show in the sky instead of the noise makers, but I'm fine with it. Even New Years would be fine.

Well Sunday night around 9pm....B A M !!! Sounded like someone lit off an M80. Dogs are barking, my kid is shook up, everyone is caught off guard. My neighbors to my left are notorious firework users preferring the noise making type. I ran to the window to catch them in their back yard, but didn't see anyone. Thanks a lot for disrupting our nice evening jerks!!

Anyway back to the car. I haven't driven it all year. Just no time and what not. I have been trying to start it regularly though. Saturday night I tried and I got one crank and then nothing. I guess the battery is weak. I noticed I had left the battery cables loose so I cleaned the terminals and tightened them down to see if that worked. Nope, no crank at all so I hooked it up to the charger and put the hood down in case it rained overnight.

Sunday I didn't bother trying to start it. Wanted to make sure the battery got a really good charge.

Monday when I got home it was already dark. Rather than disconnect the battery I figured I would see if it started while still on the charger. Click Click Click Click is all I heard. I can't believe this! That battery should be fully charged by now! Lifted the hood and this is what I found...

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Re: 1951 radio
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Charles
You can see the capacitors in these pics. The schematic will tell you the values and how many you need (link below last pic)

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Posted on: 2020/3/15 18:05
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Re: 1951 radio
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Charles
If yours is not working, it likely needs new capacitors. Pretty easy fix.

Posted on: 2020/3/13 19:58
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Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
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Charles
Nice!

Posted on: 2020/3/10 19:16
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Re: PTV's 1951 Packard 200
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Charles
How is the project going? Would love to see an update!

Posted on: 2020/3/10 19:15
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Re: Astonishing how rich some people are
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Charles
My boss is rich (over 4mil net worth) and has a 98 Mercedes that sits at one of the shipping docks rotting because he thinks its worth a ton as the last Mercedes model made in Germany. Nothing works right on the car. I'll take my '52 Packard and '66 Cad convertible any day. At least I enjoy them.

Posted on: 2019/8/28 19:06
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Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
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Charles
Naw I would be getting a lot better gas mileage!

Posted on: 2019/8/14 18:38
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Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
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Well I can't explain the behavior the starters did when hooked directly to the batteries, but on a whim I replaced the entire ground cable and finally the car turned over (must have had damaged wire in it). In fact it kept turning over even when I took my foot off the gas! Some violent stomps up and down on the gas pedal made it behave again. Now the problem is the starter keeps running after the car starts! I took the vacuum switch off the carb to clean it and the outer rim disintegrated. Now I have to jump the terminals to get it to start again. I don't want to go with a starter button (I like starting it with the gas pedal) so I will have to try to find the carb from my old car to steal the switch from or source another used one. At least I can move the car!

Posted on: 2019/8/13 17:47
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Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
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Charles
Exactly! I even ran the car a few times in the winter with no problem as long as it wasn't too cold.

Posted on: 2019/8/12 18:55
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Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
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Charles
That's the wierd part. I'm pretty sure the other starter works. I just swapped it for my other one because I knew it had been rebuilt and looked nicer. I guess I'm going to have to install it and cross my fingers it works. Dont want to buy a battery only to find out it was fine and no one near me can test a 6v battery.

Posted on: 2019/8/12 18:36
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