Re: 1956 Packard Levelizer - how long to level out?
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The photo in #9 shows that your system was turned off (toggle switch to the left) when you took that picture.
Posted on: 2023/9/21 2:32
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On a drive in the ’55 Caribbean, I tried t roll down the passenger’s electric window (which has been erratic the last several weeks) from the driver side. It did not work and after a few minutes smoke appeared from behind the panel. I discovered on the driver’s switch the switch was stuck in the down position.
I’ve studied the schematics for the car and see there is circuit breaker (for power seats & windows) to protect everything. I’m somewhat puzzled that the circuit breaker did not switch off. I have been unable to locate the breaker. Where is it normally located and how amps is it suppose to be? Current plans are to; 1) replace the driver’s side switch, 2) replace breaker, and 3) remove right side window motor and check it out. Any other thoughts or suggestions?
Posted on: 2023/9/21 2:02
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Re: Intermittent Stalling or Loss of Power
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A popping good idea & solution.
Have you filed a U.S. Patient yet? LOL Thanks
Posted on: 2023/9/20 16:10
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Re: beveled glass
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Most glass shops can bevel glass. The questions are 1) will they do it on a small job, 2) cost and is it possible on mirror? It may be cheaper to send your existing mirror out for re-silvering.
I opted for going non-beveled with a size readily available at a classic car parts house.
Posted on: 2023/9/20 16:04
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Re: Best Lubricants to Use
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Dave I typed up a response to your post, but I guess I didn't click the post button. I wrote it again this morning and posted it this time.
Thanks to everyone for the gear oil question.
Posted on: 2023/9/19 10:04
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Re: '32 901 Sedan - Vapor Lock
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Dave thanks for the picture it was a big help. Based on that and your description, I’m going to make a heat deflector. I’d had thought that an electric pump might be a possible solution and had scoped out a couple of locations near the tank to tie into.
Last week I replaced the regular with premium and drove the car around without issue. However, the temperature was 12 to 15 degrees cooler so it wasn’t much of a test. Not sure if we are going to get another 90+ day here before next year, but if we do I try to take it for a spin. I’m also looking into the heat riser valve as a possible contributing cause. The springs on mine are missing along with the cover. Since we don’t have extremely cold days here in So. Calif. I thought I had wired mine in the closed position, but it wasn’t.
Posted on: 2023/9/19 9:56
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Best Lubricants to Use
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I'm getting ready to check lubricant levels in my '32's Steering Box, Transmission, & Rear End. What do some of you use? Would a 90 weight like GL-1 be fine?
Posted on: 2023/9/18 17:47
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Re: '32 901 Sedan - Vapor Lock
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Dave,
Could you please post a picture or 2 of the heat deflector on your 34. When I bought the car it was almost completely apart (engine, trans, and rear end excepted). Parts were scatter in 3 or 4 different building and unlabeled. and mixed together. It was a basically a 2 ton plus three dimensional puzzle on steroids'. There may have been a deflector that is still in Vista Calif in one of those buildings.
Posted on: 2023/9/13 10:43
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Re: '32 901 Sedan - Vapor Lock
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My fuel bowl (glass) is on the inlet side of the fuel pump. During this episode of vapor lock the fuel bowl was always full of gas. I knocked on the side of the carburetor in case the float needle was stuck in the closed position
I believe the BP article was back when lead was added to prevent knocking. New grades do not have this anti-knock preventive in them. Since gasoline is a made up of hundred of compounds, it does not a a boiling point as such. It has a point at which lower boiling compounds transition from liquid to vapor and begin to distill off. It is these compounds that cause knocking in carbureted engines that makes knocking. I think premium has less of the the more volatile components. It would be these volatile fractions in regular gas that would contribute to the formation of vapors.
Posted on: 2023/9/12 19:33
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