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Re: Air Cleaner Seal
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Quote:

Ross wrote:
That seal is actually meant to be installed in a groove in the decorative snorkel cover. You could probably make one from some heavy felt and glue it in. The majority of cars I get in no long have one and it makes no difference.


I don't think that's the case for the '55. Here is the underside of the cover. The bottom lip rests on the rubber seal. If the seal is not there it can only rest on the metal lip of the filter.

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Posted on: 2024/5/23 13:33
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1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
1955 Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe
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Re: Air Cleaner Seal
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It's what the cover rests on. Otherwise it's metal to metal.

Posted on: 2024/5/22 19:30
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1955 Patrician Sedan
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Re: Air Cleaner Seal
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Here's a picture of the air cleaner with what's left of the seal/cushion, which is flattened, cracked and partially missing.

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Posted on: 2024/5/22 18:55
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1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
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Air Cleaner Seal
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The air cleaner for the single 4bbl V-8's appears to have a rubber O-ring about a 1/4" cross-section around the oil bath body which seals and cushions the interface to the cover. I'm not seeing this seal in the parts book. Does anyone know if these are repo anywhere or perhaps some bulk O-ring material would do the job?

Posted on: 2024/5/22 15:38
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1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
1955 Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe
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Re: starter questions
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Posted on: 2024/5/22 15:26
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1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
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Re: Oiling system history recap and update on the Oldsmobile oil pump conversion
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On the upside, with the standard Olds Melling pump with stock relief valve spring (it came with a "high pressure" spring for optional installation), I've got great oil pressure on my formerly rebuilt V-8 and the lifter ticking is now gone. I did not opt for the high pressure spring as I expected it would not increase idle pressure but would boost the higher rpm pressure more than really necessary. I'm observing a steady almost 3/4 scale indicated pressure on the gauge at all rpm.

One surprise when I disconnected the internal vacuum tube to the vacuum booster is that it was mostly full of engine oil. The oil pump bushing appears to be tight, no play. I've not yet disassembled the original pump but am thinking the air ingress is from the vacuum booster rather than the shaft.

Posted on: 2024/5/22 15:10
1942 Clipper Club Sedan
1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
1955 Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe
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Re: Oiling system history recap and update on the Oldsmobile oil pump conversion
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Packard for many decades employed a "floating pickup" combined with bypass oil filtration, to provide superior filtration with a single filter. Bypass filters filter out smaller particles than do full flow filters. The floating pickup is intended to pick up the cleanest oil as heavier particles sink, ensuring no large particle gets circulated.

I just replaced my pump several days ago with Jack's Olds kit. In addition to the rigid pickup, I also noticed that the pickup sits higher than the Packard original, like about an inch. I take this to mean you won't want to let your oil level get low or you'll soon be sucking air.

Posted on: 2024/5/22 14:42
1942 Clipper Club Sedan
1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
1955 Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe
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Re: LED brake light/turn signal bar
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Has anyone with the two bulb tail light housings which use the separate turn signal bulb switched to LEDs? If so was it a noticeable improvement? 41-2 conventional and the Clipper based cars thru 22nd series used this two bulb arrangement. While the single LED bulb in the 23rd series housing doing both functions is quite nice, am curious on earlier cars with the dual bulbs if the turn signal flashing above the brake light could still be seen very well if the much brighter brake light was on. With incandescent bulbs the turn signal is visible in daylight but IMO, a bit weak.

The photo is of a Clipper thru 22nd series car with the horizontal split housing and shared lens.

I have not found a working solution to this arrangement. Using the solid state flasher (which by itself improved brightness) I've tried several different models of equivalent to original polarity-insensitive LED bulbs and they appear to all have crossfeed problems through the lamps with the internal circuitry. For instance, even with just the fronts switched to LED the rear operation is all messed up, with brake, park and turn lamps not operating normally.

Posted on: 2024/4/15 12:49
1942 Clipper Club Sedan
1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
1955 Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe
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Re: 356 CI Compression Ratio
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I think if you're trying to get a little more HP, this should do the trick.


No need for a higher compression head with that big air pump on it. I don't think that will be much help with fuel economy.

Posted on: 2024/1/31 0:24
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1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
1955 Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe
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Re: 356 CI Compression Ratio
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I have found some iron heads from 22nd series and later -- at least three 288 heads, a 327 and a 356, plus one mystery HC head with no displacement indication. I assume HC is high compression, but oddly the combustion chamber is much deeper on this head. It also doesn't have the flat center ridge running front to back. Anybody have info on what this HC head is intended for?

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Also, any way to distinguish a 327MT vs. 327AT head?

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Posted on: 2024/1/30 13:57
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1948 Custom Touring Sedan (22nd Series)
1955 Patrician Sedan
1955 Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe
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