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Chris R

Re: WCFB Carburetor Venturi inserts?

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PackardDon wrote:
Are you talking about the little tube? If so, that was added when cars with these carburetors experienced stalling when when going around a corner in one direction. There is something in one of the Service Counselors about it and Packard supplied a kit for fixing it.

Hi Don,

I'm actually referring to those round aluminum inserts in the top two venturis. Each venturi has one. They don't look factory.

Posted on: 2021/3/1 21:40

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Chris R

Re: Purpose of fuel pump part?

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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
Air chamber or pulse dome. The idea was that it softened the impact of the indiviual pulses of fuel, tending towards melding the individual pulses into something more resembling a continuous flow. In any case it was later deemed non-essential and just eliminated.

Awesome! Thank you so much for the quick reply!

Now I can sleep better knowing that I'm not missing something incredibly important.

Thanks again!
-Chris

Posted on: 2021/3/1 15:15

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Chris R

Purpose of fuel pump part?

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Hello all!

What is the purpose of this part on the outlet side of the fuel pump?

It's missing from my FP and is blocked off with a pipe plug.

Thank you,
-Chris

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Posted on: 2021/3/1 14:45

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Chris R

WCFB Carburetor Venturi inserts?

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Hello all!

I'm currently in the process of rebuilding my WCFB and I found something that doesn't look right to me.

On the secondary side of the carb, the venturi's have some kind of reduction inserts installed. I've never seen these before so I don't know what to make of them. They don't appear to show up on the WCFB exploded diagram either.

Does anyone know what these are?

Thank you,

-Chris

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Posted on: 2021/3/1 13:38

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Chris R

Re: WTB: Drivers Side Packard Moulding Mirror

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Hey bkazmer!

Thanks for reaching out. Like HH56 already pointed out, your mirror is a little too early. Thank you though.

-Chris

Posted on: 2020/9/24 19:02

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Chris R

Re: WTB: Drivers Side Packard Moulding Mirror

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Hey HH56!

Thanks for the reply. You are correct in that this mirror is on a 53. I appreciate you letting me know what years these were offered. It should help me in finding another one.

-Chris

Posted on: 2020/9/24 19:01

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Chris R

WTB: Drivers Side Packard Moulding Mirror

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Hello,

I'm on the look out for a factory drivers side moulding mirror. Attached are images of my current passenger side for reference.

Thank you,

-Chris

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Posted on: 2020/9/8 16:16

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Chris R

Re: Rear end gasket material

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Thank you all for the help.

Ross, that is exactly the answer I was looking for. I couldn't remember how it all went back together but you're right. The areas that need to be sealed are inside of the drum assembly. I'll just end up using a little bit of grey RTV for those areas.

Thanks again guys, I really appreciate all the help.

-Chris

Posted on: 2018/1/22 16:01

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Chris R

Re: Rear end gasket material

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Thanks for the replies fellas.

The only things that concerns me about a RTV style gasket on the rear end is the shimming of the axle setup. I know you're supposed to have a certain amount of runoff for the axles using the shims. If the rtv is thinner or thicker than the factory paper gaskets won't that mess with things?

Thank you,

-Chris

Posted on: 2018/1/17 13:12