Thank you Wesley. Some of that seemed vaguely familiar from back when my father dropped the pan on the 37 Six. I'm thinking he may have had to remove the bell housing (any one care to verify this for me?). I don't recall having to do anything with the idler arm though. I'll have to go back to the car and study the lay of the land. Even if your experience doesn't represent the same experience with my engine, it was a great refresher and served as a reminder that even with the easiest appearing job, nothing is easy , and no 20 minute job takes 20 minutes .

Also I was glad to see you had episodes of My Classic Car that I had not been able to find on my own. I had seen the final episode on YouTube but was unable to find the others. Glad you were successful tracking them down. I also found the other videos of the work you had done on your Packard and I will be going back to look at those for informational purposes.

I ordered my oil pan gasket and a bottle of Permatex shellac today. Makes sense to check for sludge while I'm doing the oil change. I haven't seen the bottom of that engine in over 40 years when my father did the oil pan after he got the car.

1- I was thinking of using either mineral spirits or gasoline to clean the sludge and the pump screen. Thoughts on that?

2- forewarned is forearmed so, should I be expecting any issues or problematic areas while I am removing/reattaching the pan?

I was hoping to avoid doing that, but it probably would be wise to do it.

Thanks for the info.

Finally getting around to changing the oil in my 37 115C. Should there be a washer between the plug and the pan drain hole? There wasn't one when I removed it.

Brazing is not out of the question. I was just being lazy seeing how JB Weld has fixed just about everything I've used it for so far.

I am asking this out of ignorance. Do you suppose JB Weld would work on a cracked exhaust manifold?

I love, love, love a '53 Caribbean! You lucky devil.

I took the new (to me) 1941 One Eighty out on Easter Sunday. I got a few scoldings from the FB police on a couple of the FB Packard sites because I dared to leave the house and drive the car. I trust that the nature of this topic will prohibit that. Also, apparently the law enforcement of the stay at home is much less Martial here in Florida than other states. If you are part of the same FB Packard sites that I am, you've probably already seen the following drives.

Anyways, here is the Easter Sunday drive around the block in Sarasota, FL. It was made with a GoPro attached to the outside of the vent window so there was nothing but wind to be heard in the raw footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na3NJ81nIGs

If you want to see the first attempt at making a driving video in the same car from a few weeks earlier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFTynHzvWVE&t=83s

And, if I haven't lost you yet, here is a driving video around the block in the 37 115C made a few months prior. It was my very first attempt at a driving video and unfortunately I used my iPhone which, to my opinion, takes a way too narrow video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5T0IkD3okc&t=217s

Not surprisingly, this show has been cancelled.