Try Pacific Ind, in Seattle.

http://www.pacificindustrial.com/95.html

John

I believe that your oil filter is plumbed wrong. The inlet to the filter is the outside top fitting and the outlet is the center bottom fitting. Filter elements are made to flow from the outside to the inside.

Packard made a change to the plumbing to address noisy lifters, my 47 and 48 356's have this change and I think I have seen it in a service bulliten. There is a tee fitting on the block that comes from the pump, one leg goes to the filter the other goes to the block input to the lifter galley. Oil to the lifters does not go thru the filter so as to provide adaquit flow and pressure to the lifters.

John

This heat shield is available from Dave Moe at Packard Seattle 425 334 7754.

John

Yes, The Pacific Northwest Region has left recently, 100+ members and has combined with the local PAC region forming Pacific Northwest Packards, a region of PAC. (Washington and British Columbia).

John

David,

Try John Ulrich in El Sobrante, 510 223 9587.

John

Riki

A good place to find that material is a shop that makes up conveyor belts, they will have all thickness's and you can ussually get scrap pieces cheap.

John

Complete bearing set for 32 thru 39 senior Packards is available from, Pacific NW Region of Packards International.

Complete set $695.00

John

I put a slit in couple of old tennis balls and slip them over the tips of the wings on all of my birds to protect the car covers.
John

Had this same problem and I did the same as Dell, small hole in whistle, poke a wire thru to clean out sealer, and J-B Weld a penny over hole.

Only problem is you get to remove the tank again.

John

Keep in mind that it is a shield on the inside of the bearing not a seal.

There are a few thousands clearance between the shield and the inner race to allow some lube to get thru to lube the bearing, that lube should drain back into the trans if the hole is not blocked by sludge or someone's home made gasket.

John