Can anyone recommend an outlet for an original style harness for my 51 300? Would like to maintain an origional appearance.

Bob

i wish there was a list of everything you needed to do when converting from 6v to 12v with a new harness..

Loyd, if you can add those to the parts database that would be great! Thanks.

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Sad to say, my overdrive relay is toast. I guess I'm a motivated buyer now.

I recall that back in the day oil pressure sending units could be purchased with different settings that would give a low oil pressure indication. I believe the settings would range from around 5 lbs to around 10 lbs. Obviously, we always replaced a defective unit with one with the highest reading available. Just a thought.

Jim, I too live in Austin. I am in the Northwest part, off of Mesa.

Not sure which terminal you refer to when you say spade but it sounds like something was replaced incorrectly before you got the car.

What we call spade in my industry is two prongs with a space of whatever stud size between so one doesn't have to remove the nut or screw as you would a ring but it fits exactly same.

If the spade you refer to is flat, and approx 1/4 in wide with a small slot that is pushed on a tab, then that is a more modern type we call a blade and never used by Packard to my knowledge.

They did use a push on that we call bullet type today which is round and approx 1/8 diameter but it would still fit on a stud (brake lite switch as example).

If you had a push on blade type before, then I think someone put an aftermarket sender on and maybe not the correct one for your car and might be why you're replacing it.

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Kevin,

Thanks! -Tom

Thanks for all the response. I have a few more questions for you guys. Does the yoke bottom out on a shoulder cut on the pinion shaft? In other words when you torque the nut to the 200 to 300 foot pounds are you applying that pressure to the bearing or are you just tightening the the nut against a shoulder stop on the pinion shaft behind the yoke. With out some kind of shoulder it would be like tightening a wheel bearing nut to 300 pounds. Way too much. The book says wheel bearings are supposed to be torqued to 20 foot pounds and then backed off one flat of the nut. Sense I'm not replacing any of the internal parts the idea of a spacer installed in front of the yoke makes good sense to me. It would allow for the crush sleeve to crush a little more hence resetting the bearing preload.

A side line story to this is I once replaced the pinion seal on my 1955 Olds 88 and was not sure how tight the nut should be so I set it like you would set a wheel bearing nut. Needless to say the nut was not tight enough and backed off because of normal vibration. I was on a trip and noticed some slop in the drive train but kept on plugging a head . I got to where I was going and pulled off the freeway. I got a couple of blocks and the nut fell off. The whole drive shaft pulled out of the differential and dropped down and fell out of the car. Couldn't believe seeing my drive shaft on the street from my rear view mirror. That's mainly why I am paranoid about doing this again. I'm really lucky this happened at 10 to 15 MPH on a surface street and not on the freeway at 75.


Bob

The following two Wells hydraulic brake light switches will work on the 55th/56th series cars:

Wells BF 4805 - two prong for non torsion-level
Wells RB 403 - three prong for cars with torsion-level

The electrical connectors on the RB 403,(that fits early '70s VWs) three prong switch are different but, internally and operationally it is the same switch as the original and can be used by changing the wiring connectors.

The two-prong switch, listed above, is a direct replacement for the one on the 55th & 56th series, non torsion-level suspension cars. I do not know but would suspect that it can be used on earlier models.