Roscoe,

I graduated from Packard University so long ago I guess I forgot the info. in the Service Counselor. Thanks for the refresher course.

Duly noted.

Fred

I always put a plastic bag over the dist and duct tape it well before washing. Learned the hard way

OOPS

FORGOT TO ADD, DATA FOR NON-CLIPPER BODY STYLES

Did some research on the 1941 photo archive on this site, eliminated duplicates

Single cowl mount- all were chrome 7
Twin cowl mount-black plastic 3
Roof mount 7

Good day for learning

Fred Kanter

Bravo for doing the Ul-Traumatic by yourself, it's not rocket science. UM's are very sensitive to pressure loss and we include all the bushings in our kits which is NOT the transmission industry standard. We do this so restorers can "Do it once and do it right", if you know what I mean. No need to measure the bushings, you own them with the kit and they're simple to install.

When you said the drain holes in the converter were clogged I knew most or all of the friction linings were toast. Just like the 6 high range friction discs which were cork faced, the direct drive clutch was cork/rubber faced. The smooth shifting of the UM has nothing to do with the "softness" of the material, it is barely compressible. It is due to the well engineered valving, E Grand Blvd knew what they were doing.

We use modern "paper" friction materials on all UM clutches, bands and DD plates as this material is engineered for modern trans which operate at higher temperatures and higher horsepower. Your clutches "burned" due to hardening and loss of friction qualities, then the trans self destructs. The modern materials do not harden and have higher coefficients of friction.

Likewise the front, rear, throttle shaft and selector shaft seals are modern materials. I'd never use a NOS seal, in 50 years they often harden. Our gaskets are up to date and fresh stock.

MOST IMPORTANT IS TO USE THE FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL AND FOLLOW ALL TORQUE PROCEDURES AND SPECS. BE EXTRA CAREFUL WHEN ALIGNING THE CONVERTER TO THE FLYWHEEL AND TIGHTENING THE 4 NUTS. TIGHTEN GRADUALLY GOING AROUND AND AROUND UNTIL SPECS ARE MET OR FOLLOW THE MANUAL, I FORGET WHAT IT TELLS YOU. A MISALIGNED CONVERTER WILL EAT UP THE FRONT BUSHING AND FRONT SEAL.

HAPPY, SMOOTH MOTORING

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ

PS Putting a NOS DD clutch in is fine, it will outlast you and your children most likely

Man, is there a whole lot of "disunderstanding" here!!

It is very very simple:

An "Import Part" is a part for an imported vehicle, however the line has been blurred since the term came into common use in the '50's as we now have "import" makes such as Honda made in the US. The term now applies to parts for vehicles where the BRAND is of foreign origin.

If you look in the local paper vehicles are often listed as Domestic ( Cadillac-USA, Chevy Aveo-Korea, Pontiac G8-Australia) and Imports (Honda-US and Japan, Mercedes-US and Japan etc)

What I think the originator of the thread meant was "imported part", which is a part manufactured in a country other than the US.

It is not true that unmarked parts are made here and there helter skelter. BY LAW a part manufactured in a country OTHER THAN THE USA MUST BE MARKED WITH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
The "substantially transformed" exemption is if a piston raw casting is made in Canada or China adn is machined in the USA and has a USA piston pin installed, the part is legally "Made in the USA"

There is no law requiring a part made in the USA to be marked, whether it is made in Kansas, New York or California, thus unmarked parts, if the vendor is abiding by the law are all made in the USA.

Reboxing to hide the country of origin IS ILLEGAL.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH A PERSON NOT WANTING TO BUY FRENCH MADE PARTS, FRENCH FOOD OR FRENCH'S MUSTARD. THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST PERSONAL TASTE OR PREJUDICES IN THIS AREA.
KEEP YOUR PREJUDICES TO YOURSELF

If you don't want that stuff, ask the vendor first then there are no return problems.

HOWEVER, I FEEL IT IS UNETHICAL FOR ANYONE TO CAST ASPERSIONS ON A PRODUCT OR VENDOR MERELY BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF THE PARTS. GOOD PARTS ARE GOOD , BAD PARTS ARE BAD AND THE MARKETPLACE WILL SORT THEM OUT RATHER QUICKLY.

We have over 3 million engine bearings made in 5 different countries. Sometimes for a particular car .010 and .040 undersize are USA made and std,.020 and .030 are Israel made. Virtualy impossible to list that in a catalog especailly as the stock may change next month.

Yes, we sell parts from China, India, Israel, Maylasia, Australia and many other countries. I have not seen any posts on this site saying any vendors parts are defective or have caused damage.

Get over the issue, if it were not for foreign sourced parts
there would be no engine bearings available for Packards at a decent price. With a US manufacturer requiring a 10,000 pc minimum order and a foreign source 500 which one of you out there is willing to foot the bill for 10,000 sets and go into business with just one item?

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ

"Mr. Reality Check"

I do not understand the previous post???? It says that the alst 6 words of the quote say it all...."well known label".
NOt to quibble but that's 3 words. Even if I read the alst 6 words I still don't get it.

Help??

NOthing wrong with giving Pakard owners alternatives. Here's one: Rip out your problematic, valve burning, between the cylinder cracking, oil leaking and consuming straight 8. While you're at it, remove and chuck the inefficient Ul-Traumatic. Replace with a crate Chevy 350 and a rebuilt Turbo 400 or better soup to nuts for about $2500.

Fantastic perforamnce, 200,000 mile reliability, no greedy Packard parts vendors to contend with. Run it on only 100% American gasoline and fill the carnkcase with onjly 100% American oil.

While you'reat it, 4 wheel discs, ABS, shock absorbing bumpers, air bags and of ocurse a dual master cylinder for safety, side door beams. Voila, you're driving a mid 90's Chevrolet CAprice or Caddy Fleetwood Brougham with 100% American parts......Priceless!!!

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products

Me, pulling your leg?? Are you pulling MY leg??

Hey, did you watch David Letterman last night?? His Top Ten Reasons was on 48-54 Packards!! Reason #2 was that you can fix them with a screwdriver handle!! Reason #4 was that you don't need to drive to the chiropractor after contorting to get into the car, and Reason #6 is that a headlight costs less than $250.

Of course Reason #1 is that you can never lose it in the parking lot at the mall.

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ