I looked in my parts list... Studs are 7/16-20 x 3 3/32, and since my engine is later than 21st or 22nd series, I should have rolled threads. Nice oddball length of 3 and 3/32 inches long
$3.50 a stud at Max seems like a reasonable price to pay for clean fresh stud.
-Tobs

Oh yeah, stud remover! I actually have exactly one of those that you describe. I bought it a while back and it has been waiting to be used. Hope to try it out soon.
I also Remember the "stud thread" will try and get my own studs out, and if that doesn't work i'll look up the thread size in the parts List.

Good call with ARP!...Anybody know the dimensions? (nice to have a warm fuzzy feeling of help from the forum after shelling out a ton of euros for parts)
hmmm, cool racing parts on the clipper!

Well, I pulled the trigger and have a 'master' rebuild kit on the way from New Jersey to Munich. Should be here in a week or two....They don't stock cyl head studs(so I was told), so I will try and pull one or two out of my spare block for use in the good block.

Any suggestions on how to get head studs out easily? Soak in penetrating oil for a few days and then 2 nuts on the stud and leverage?

Gutenacht.

Right, when he said he wanted to Mill The 288 head, I told him I would bring the 327 head and we can compare the two for compression ratio and surface finish. I will also ask him to be careful of valve/head clearance.

Yes the Engine has already been taken apart and all is measured. all bearings will be standard, and pistons and Rings will be + .020.
Also new exhaust valves and ex guides will go in as well as 3 new lifters.
Was planning to get Kanters "M" Kit plus The few extras.
The Engine builder wanted to clean/Mill The 288 Head I gave him. So we are going to compare my 1954 327 Head with The 288 Head for cc and surface finish and use which one looks best.

Anybody have experience with the engine rebuild kits from Kanter? Do they include wrist pins in the 'Pin fitted pistons' ?
Thanks guys.
Mike

Hi forum,

I hope Gregor doesn't mind me posting a picture of his cars here. We got to spend a few hours tinkering on saturday and found a few things that were easy to fix, and got the car running a little bit better.
A rookie mistake, and easy to correct, the battery was hooked up wrong. I was able to convince gregor that positve ground was correct Then we noticed that the car was not charging. With engine running and w/o we had only 6 volts on the batt...hmm, voltage regulator did not look too old and crusty, but the 'Gen' cable was burnt off the connector. Re-connected that, and had a nice 7-ish volts or so.
Anybody ever see a burnt 'gen' cable near the regulator? Did this happen because somebody ran the car with the polarity switched, or does it indicate a faulty regulator? The rest of the cable was actually OK, it kind of looked like the cable was injured(only a few strands conducting) at the connector and just from conducting burnt...

Next thing was that the treadle vac was hissing from the floor board, and producing a monster vacume leak. I plugged off the vac hose, and voila, the idle was much better, and driving around the barnyard was also better! I think a treadle vac rebuild is badly needed here. Already saw the write up that Ross did a while back. -With the vac hose connected there was no brake assist to speak of, so removing the vac didn't make the brakes worse, but engine better, which I know is a liability... The brake booster was only growling, and not boosting.

Just spoke with gregor, and he is getting a backfire through the carb once in a while. I think his spark plug gap is too small. (a 4bbl that I wish I had on my clipper )

He is still undecided if the car will get a treatment of Owatrol Oil to keep it rusty like it is, or paint it....I kind of think it is cool as it is.
Glad I could get my 'packard fix' since my clipper is still waiting for the engine shop to tell me what oversize pistons to order.
(Oh, and that's gregors 38 chevy RHD with rumble seat (called a mother in law seat in germany) he imported from south africa) Also a cool ride.
Here's to spring coming soon, and happy packarding!

-Mike

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My speculation is Max's are NOS and kanter's are reproduction?

http://jalopnik.com/5901008/meet-allan-hill-the-man-who-lives-in-detroits-abandoned-packard-auto-plant

Nice Little Movie about some Life in The Old plant.
-tobs