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Re: Factory Trunk Finish

#901

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BDeB wrote:
The trunk floor was covered by a very thin carpet material with a flock appearing finish

Would this "carpet" have been laid loose on top of the coated floor pan? The rest of the trunk would have had the sprayed on flock? In a greyish/brown colour as BigKev suggested?

Posted on: 2023/6/1 13:50

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Re: Factory Trunk Finish

#902

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BigKev wrote:
I think the flocking was a tannish-gray color which was sprayed over a black asphalt sound deadener.

That would make sense as to why I have a bit of both colours going on. Thanks again!

Posted on: 2023/6/1 13:46

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Re: Factory Trunk Finish

#903

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BigKev wrote:
It would have been a sprayed-on flock surface. Which would have quickly rubbed off with the first sliding suitcase.

Most folks replace it with a thin carpet. Lowes/Home Depot has a selection of indoor/outdoor low nap carpet that works perfectly, and it cheap.

Thank you! So the trunk pan would have been the same as the inner fenders, etc, correct? Was there a standard colour? Some of my trunk coating seems to be grey, but some seems to be black.

Not adverse to changing the materials that were originally used, I'm not trying to get to Pebble Beach! LOL But, I do want to maintain the car's originality as much as possible.

Posted on: 2023/6/1 13:21

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Factory Trunk Finish

#904

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Can someone confirm how Packard would have finished the trunk of my 53 Cavalier? I am pretty sure that gold shag carpet was not factory!!!

TIA

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Posted on: 2023/6/1 12:57

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Re: Steering Linkage Adjustment

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Ross wrote:
Yes.

Thank you for your concise reply!

Posted on: 2023/5/29 17:38

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Re: 53 288 will not fire

#906

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This wiring diagram should help you double check that everything is hooked up right. It's for a 26th series, but should work for what you need.

packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/wirediagrams/1953%2026th%20Series.pdf

Posted on: 2023/5/29 17:23

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Re: piston slap

#907

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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
Old-fashioned remedies for piston slap when finances prohibited a proper rebuild: (1) knurling the skirt on the thrust face to expand the diameter of the skirt, and (2) install a piston expander. Both were capable of providing some short-lived relief, I did both myself many years ago. Plenty of descriptions of needed tools and materials in older editions of service manuals such as Glenn's.

A skirt expander is just that, a spring steel device inserted into the piston from below which exerts an outward, stretching force on the skirt.

If you need illustrations I can provide some from Glenn's Manual.

Do you know if skirt expanders are still available for a 327? TIA 53 Cavalier

Posted on: 2023/5/29 13:29

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Steering Linkage Adjustment

#908

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When the Service Manual says "the adjusting plug should be drawn up tight" do they mean the spring should be completely compressed and then the plug backed off? TIA

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