Progress report....


CARB

I ordered the screws in the attached pic to replace the ones I stripped out while messing with the throttle valves. I still need to tap the 1 hole for a 8-32 since I broke it in the Shaft. I. Will never take the throttle body apart again, just clean it in place.

GAS TANK

I threw a whole bunch of screws and bolts in the tank with evaporust and let it sit for a hour each side and shook the hell out of it. After that I did electrolysis. Degreased, now drying before I etch dryyyyyy and finish with sealer.

EXAUST MANIFOLD

I removed the exaust manifolds since I had a small leak on the passengers side and a huge leak at the heat riser on the drivers. I plan to derust and paint the manifolds.You can see in the pic where the gasket was blown out, pretty sure that's where the leak was. The heat riser won't come off the exaust pipe I spray a good amount of PB and plan on trying to get it off tomorrow. If it doesn't budge are there any tips to get it off? Also, what color were the manifolds from factory? Black? Or just cast iron?


I finally got her up on stands ! I have never worked under a car on stands so I was kinda nervous at first but now I feel like it will take a earthquake to bring that boat down!

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Here are a couple in or close to San Diego...

53" Packard Cavalier Convertable..
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/d/riverside-1953-packard-cavalier/7498787763.html


55' 400 Hardtop
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/d/vista-rare-classic-1955-packard-400/7491862645.html


47' Clipper Super 8
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/d/rialto-1947-packard-clipper-super/7499503541.html


39' Packard
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/d/long-beach-1939-packard/7497141274.html


41' Packard Coupe
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/estancia-1941-packard-coupe/7495131916.html


46' Packard
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/ctd/d/torrance-1946-packard-stock-2371/7495067145.html

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Sorry about that Leeedy. It was late last night when I was typing everything up on my phone. I never thought it would be so difficult to keep a thread up to date. Thanks for all the info guys!

Nice work on your Packard, from where you started to now, very nice!

Hey guys thanks for all the feedback!

I have ordered a new sediment bowl set up from Kanter. The new one doesn't come with a ceramic bowl the guy said it has a paper filter. I still want a new bowl for my original. The guy from Kanter told me they sold just the bowl and seal in the past but didn't see it as a option anymore.

Heres the story with the carb throttle body. The last owner bought a rebuilt carb and bolted it on, the problem is the carb had been sitting for a long time so the accelerator pump was shot. The original carb was in pieces in the trunk. I took both carbs apart 100% everything came apart easily with the carb that was installed. So when I got to dissasembling the original carb that was in the trunk I didn't know they peen the throttle valve primary and secondary screws since the other carb was so easy to take them out, I broke 1 of the secondary valve screws off in the shaft. Since I want to use the original carb I took the secondary shaft and valves from the unoriginal carb and installed it on the original carb. Well it didn't work out as you can see with the gaps in the pics. I put the original secondary shaft and plates back in the original carb and wala no gaps. Now I need to drill out and tap the one screw I broke to 8-32×5/16 right? I am going to rebuild both carbs since all parts are there. Does anyone have any experience with the new style float needles?
I still have the original rubber tipped ones but didnt know how troublesome old needles are. What size are the original throttle valve/shaft screws? 6-32×5/16?


As far as the gas tank goes I was going to take it to a Reun
place but it would have cost $950!!!!! So then I was going to take it to a radiator shop and have them clean it out but that alone was going to cost $150. So then I got the great idea to try and remove the rust on the outside using electrolysis. See the attached pics. I let it sit 3 days 12-15 amps continous, looks good just can't get the black stuff off 100%,cant see it since it flash rusted so quick. Why do some parts of the tank rust quick and some parts not at all? Is the tank galvanized?I didnt have a node in the tank to draw the rust so there is still rusty stuff from about mid tank. I will just throw some chain/ rocks etc in there with water and shake it every day until the kit gets here. Thought I might as well try and make this tank work before shelling out $500+ dollars for a new tank.

Packarddon: Thank you for the offer.

HH55: Thank you for the info. I already have the whole manual printed out but I didn't have the extra 9 page training manual.

Ross: Thank you for checking I have dissasembled and need to try again.


Leedy: There is a pic attached of the metal part. Thanks for all the in info.

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Are these gaps acceptable. This is in the fully closed position.

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Hey guys when I took the carb off and dissasembled the glass bowl . The bowl just split into 2 pieces. Any recomendations of where I can get a new one?

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Ya I think it is definitely worth trying to use. I just don't want to use a sealer on it. If I do I am trying to decide between Hirsh or Por-15.

I am definitely planning on using a separate inline filter right outside the tank.

I messaged Riki the other day and he is only about 10 mins from me, he gave me the contact info for where he got the gasket.

Hey guys, so I took the task off yesterday. The outside looks worse than the inside. The inside actually doesn't look too bad in my opinion what do you think?

I think I might just rinse it out really well and just let it be. I will wire wheel the outside, spray it with some rust inhibitor and top coat and add missing flex hose for vent.

What should I clean it out with since I don't want to recoat and when I refill should I put some oil in the gas to kinda coat the tank?

Also, that is not the right gasket for the sender right? Thanks guys.

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Is the sender that Kanter sells way better than the one Auto City offers to send with the tank?