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Re: hph's 400
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They are shown in the accessory brochure so if you want to tart up your Packard, that’ where to look to see what’s considered original!

Posted on: 2/1 23:30
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Re: Brake Cleaner By The Gallon
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No, it’s fine but not typically used on parts still installed due to its flammability.

Posted on: 2/1 16:26
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Re: Help with 1951 Fuel Pump
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Cute photo!

While it’s apart you should put in a new diaphragm and seal kit anyway - one that can handle modern gasoline. If the diaphragms are old, they will fall apart using the old. The shop manual is available here on this site in the Literature Archive and shows good images, though a bit generic of an older model, of the fuel pump disassembly and reassembly (a capture is below) with some great tips that might not be too obvious just by looking at the pieces. However, most things can go together only one way so hard to go wrong but be sure to note that it is necessary to preload the diaphragm before tightening all the screws and how to do it is shown clearly in the shop manual so no need to repeat it here.

In the meantime, I have lots and lots of photos from recently rebuilding my own 1951’s pump but you weren’t too clear about where the confusion is so here are some at random. There were two different arm types so yours might not be the same as the closeup that I showed.

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Posted on: 2/1 16:15
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Re: Brake Cleaner By The Gallon
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Great tip and thank you for sharing it!

Posted on: 2/1 15:38
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Re: 24th series lower hood latch question
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These are common and the same for all 1951-1954 Packard and Packard Clipper cars. I have one if you want to buy it - PM sent.

Posted on: 2/1 13:36
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Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga
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I was under the impression that for 1956, the actuator anchor brackets were on separate pieces that came out with the seat slides rather than being attached to the body floor as they were on earlier models. Is that not the case or was it different on 2-door hardtop models?

Posted on: 1/31 21:46
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Re: 1955 Packard Super Clipper For Sale
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I think we would all like to know a bit more about how the modern booster and master cylinder were done. Probably not in this thread, but somewhere on the forum it would be great to have documentation of how the modifications were done. Pictures, write up etc.


Not all of us! I am firmly against re-engineering what was already an excellent system and am trying at the moment to reverse this very thing that some previous owner did. The pedal, aside from now being mis-positioned, feels awful and the tiny discs at the front are nowhere near as efficient as the huge stock drums and shoes from the factory.

Posted on: 1/31 18:14
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Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga
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I was talking about the rear seat heater but I must have misread as I thought it was suggested that it was part of the seat. Either way, the seat and rails have to come out in order to mitigate the water issue.

As far as the cushion being integral with the frame, it is separate on both of my 1954 Patricians.

Posted on: 1/31 18:05
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Re: 1953-54 Original Packard Door Mirror
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The hard part of making the screw, which itself is quite simple and has only a round head, would be in putting in the internal hex in the threaded end. It would take some king of special tooling to do that. Either that, or make them using a set screw with a head welded on.

I actually have some very nice 1951-1954 mirrors that I bought from Merritt that were supposed to be for my 1956 Clipper but they were the earlier type in spite one having the 1955-1956 mounting bracket attached upside down to it. Fred argued that they were the correct ones but they were not. Even the head (mirror) angle is different. Merritt does have reproductions, they said, of the 1955-1956 type but it requires a second mortgage to buy them.

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Posted on: 1/31 16:01
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Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga
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The under seat heater was never part of the seat frame. It bolted to the floor under the seat but its connectors were under the car so any loose clamps would just leak to the ground rather than inside the car. Of course, a bad core could leak inside but my guess (and as already point out) is that the heater control valve inside the firewall under the right side of the dash is where the coolant is coming from.

Regardless of where it’s coming from, you need to get the carpet and padding underneath dried out as soon as possible before it starts to mold. I just went through this on a newer car and it wasn’t pleasant after I let it go too long!

Posted on: 1/31 15:55
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