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Re: Congratulations Howard ... 10,000 Posts
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Howard, chapeau on your 10k posting jubilee!
I am still a rookie in this forum and rather new to Packard but I already benefitted very much from your knowledge and deep insight in all matters Packardian! Having read only a fraction of all the posts and threads in this forum I can only estimate how much help your postings have been to everybody. Thank you very much indeed!  Best Regards, Clemens
Posted on: 2014/9/2 15:55
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Ok, well for starters I'll have
Who, What, When and Where, and then Whither, Whether, Whence and Wherefore to follow and one big sideorder of Why. ... and the parts list please 
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Re: Clemens's 47 Custom Super Clipper
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Thanks Howard, that's a good idea ...
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Posted on: 2014/8/29 17:18
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... and indeed it continued.
Lots of rust at the sternmost molding and bracket connecting frame and body.  excising the plague:  and sandblasting it. Several holes and rather weak right at the corner. So I contoured a new sheet  and welded it in.   Does anybody have an idea how to replace this very worn rubber cushion for the body to frame bolt?  Rusty Regards, Clemens
Posted on: 2014/8/29 16:50
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Took the occasion and had another look at my glove compartment.
Well, the light was not missing. What I mistook for some sort of capacitor for the clock is: the light!  When I took it out I noticed the missing light bulb ... I couldn't dismantle the bulb holder, but soaking with some contact spray and thorough cleaning afterwards with white spirit and airgun freed up the mechanism enough to working order. Dismantling the bulb holder might destroy it due to the necessary force you'd have to apply. What I noticed was the missing insulation at the cable terminal.  This could lead to a shorting right here:  I hope this is of some help. Lightened regards, Clemens
Posted on: 2014/8/29 16:14
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My clock does have a 2A fuse, looking like this one:
 I had three wires running to the clock/ glove compartment: black (-) and white (+, ground) for the clock light and red (-, with 2A fuse) for the clock. I reinstalled these cables according to the wiring diagram and the clock is working (again). Glove compartment light is missing ... Regards, Clemens
Posted on: 2014/8/29 3:14
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Quote:
HH56 wrote: I think I am lucky then. This area has rusted only lightly and I will be able to preserve the state it is in. Quote: HH56 wrote: Get a welding specialist to show you some basics. Then use one or two bottles of Argon for training and weld together whatever scrap metal you can find. Then sell it as modern art and get rich If you don't like MAG welding try oxyacetylene welding or (in my opinion) even better: TIG welding. Filing holes is very easy: the trick is: put a lump of copper or brass behind the hole, then fill it with welding. This way, the weld stays in the hole instead of falling through. The back side stays flat and you only have to grind of the lump on the front side.
Posted on: 2014/8/27 17:21
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Yes.
Germany requires a reflector and a separate bulb. Reason for this is the light/dark boundary which is presumed better with the German system resulting in lesser blinding of oncoming traffic. The Americans say the same about their sealed beam system. When I changed the headlamps, I put up a big sheet of cardboard against the barn wall and marked the position of the headlights. After inserting the new units I checked again and found the shape of the light/dark boundary almost identical. Unfortunately I did not take any pictures. I ordered these headlamp units: Quote: All these 7" units are physically interchangeable with sealed beam units and the bulbs have the same electrical connection. (Unfortunately, sealed beam units are no longer being manufactured) No longer being manufactured by Lucas, I'd guess    These are standard 7'' units available for left and right hand drive vehicles. You can get them here for the old-fashioned double filament light bulbs with 40/45 watts or with halogen bulbs with 60/55 watts. I chose the old-fashioned ones trying to lesser the strain on the electric system and to avoid the H4 symbol on the lenses.
Posted on: 2014/8/27 17:07
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It has some nastier stuff:
The trunk of my clipper was wet. Very wet and the floor covering under the carpet was rotting and literally falling apart. So I scratched it off and let the bare metal dry. On the right hand side there was a long hole starting from the rear inner wing to the last body mount. I cut it out until I reached rust free metal.    Next step: Rust priming solution for the floor:  Fabricating first new panel for the cut out area:  Fixing the panel with some spots:  To be continued ...
Posted on: 2014/8/27 13:13
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new parking light gaskets
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Ever took off the lense of your indicator/parking light? Did you discover that grey crumbling mass that long time ago was a proud gasket?
Cut out your own from a sheet of polyolefin foam. (I took a 3mm sheet that equals 1/8'').  Polyolefin does not soak water and should last for years. Yes, that light bulb is orange. In Germany we must have orange indicators. Parking light is now in the headlamp (and white). Here are some more gremlins I was tinkering with ...
Posted on: 2014/8/27 3:53
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Ok, well for starters I'll have
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One of the first things I started to tackle was electrics. Both backing up lights did not work and one appeared to be very rusty.
 I tried to open it, but couldn't. With a carpet cutter I managed to cut through a thick layer of silicone.   Someone has been very clever replacing the W-clips with silicone.  After some cleaning and bending new W-clips from stainless steel welding rods and a new piece of harness I could install it again, now in working order.  Next step will be installing and connecting the back up lighting switch.
Posted on: 2014/8/27 3:49
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