Thank you! Looking forward to getting her running properly.

I've got a used carb all disassembled and cleaned up with a rebuild kit.
Looking for an assembly diagram to make sure everything goes where it should.

numbers on bottom of carb read 377. it's a carter.

Thanks all!

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I wonder what it would take to find an alignment show that would even know what a Packard is?

Years ago, (30 years) I took my 66 Dodge Charger in for tires and an alignment. The kid got the wheels off the car ok but after new tires were mounted he couldn't figure out how to put them back on. (Dodge has left-hand thread on the left side for that era) The manager came out to the waiting area and tried to explain to me that the wheels wouldn't go back on the car. "How is that possible?" I said. He had no clue. I had him take me to the car still up on the lift. I picked up the nuts off the floor and one by one fastened the wheel back in place, then I turned to the kid with the impact gun and said "Give me that!". tightened the lugs, walked over to the lift controls, and lowered the car back to the floor.
I'm not sure I've ever seen two individuals so inept and embarrassed since.
Now for the rest of the story....
I get in the car and start to head home when I notice the car is not handling well and when coming out of a turn the steering wheel didn't bring itself back to straight ahead but just tried to dive deeper into the turn.
I went back to the tire place, stood next to the alignment guy, and watched him put everything back the way it was when I went in.
The tire shop is no longer in business.

Anybody want to chime in about putting more modern radials on a 48 Custom 8?

Can anybody tell me what tire sizes will fit the '49 Custom Eight?

I have the 15" rims.

Thanks!

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I just so happen to have a new-in-box lift pump from my 1995 diesel Chev Suburban. I'll have to check on the pressure rating. It's a solenoid-type pump. Diesel suburban sometimes have more than one of these to get fuel to the fuel distributor where it is put under high pressure and sent to the injectors.

I stumbled upon a video on YouTube in which a guy replaced the mechanical fuel pump with an electric one.
He has some pretty good arguments for the upgrade.

youtube.com/watch?v=FL2nEVlztvk

See his commentary at the 5:00-minute mark.

He's using a Carter P4259 6 volt rotary vane pump.

$79 on Amazonamazon.com/Carter-P4259-Line-Electric-Fuel/dp/B000CIS4IU

No numbers, so yeah, will have to identify the part.
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I'm trying to identify this part that goes on the back of the front brake drums over the inside bearing.

I'm guessing it was once a seal but the rubber must have disappeared.
You can see a grove where some seal material might have been at one time.

Anybody tell me what part this is and where I could find replacements?

'49 Custom Eight.

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Here's another cheapy option.
2 bearings and races for $30.

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