Hi there i am looking for a pair of headlight reflectors for a Packard 1935 to 1937 senior if any one can help I'm In the UK cheers Dave

i know blunt is honest i get that,but i love a challenge i have all the parts the metal work is not a problem for me i have an english wheel and can fabricate the metal work,i found a video you may be interested in i cant seem to down load it a found this the other week it a video of the car found in a barn the video is called Roll Royce Rescue on you tube and the Packard was in the same barn I've made the clock tick again and been restoring the clocks the chrome work 80percent done bumpers headlights etcnew engine rebuild gearbox and have another frame,i will be going to a car show where the some coach builders so if i could get some tips there

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hi there i have a 1934 Packard which i purchased it is a mess,I'm not a carpenter and there is a lot of wood missing out of the car it proberly easier to say there is any,i have very few pics of the frame work,i watched a Packard video how they made 1929 frame work,could anyone tell me how you would go about this i will not be doing this myself but if i could find the info out it would be a start,around the doors and roof i done see to much of a problem the grey area is the floor and the door openings where the alloy step plates are there is no metal there either if anyone has some plans or pics this would help cheers Dave

well hear goes went to work removed the head check the timing 10 degrees out on the dot punch mark meant nothing at all, found head gasket was blown as well<gut feeling it was>new gasket fitted timing done different car now and not hot,thanks for your input always appreciated cheers Dave

thanks for your input i have wire brushed with a drill until shinny,there is something odd with this,no numbers or id,i am removing the head today checking with a dial gauge to find TDC i will let you know my findings

thanks for reply,for some reason there are no tdc or numbers on the flywheel just a centre punch dot,which i don't know if its at 8 before tic or tdc, with out taking the head off to check the piston height for tdc,i rebuilt a 1938 6 cylinder christmas and that had the marks strange

hi there guys back again with a small issue,I have a customers Packard in for over heating issues I wanted to check the timing I could not see any marks due to rust etc, so I have taken the lower cover off the bottom of the bell housing to access the fly wheel. I have clean the rust off and all I have found is a centre punch mark which I painted yellow reassembled and checked the timing now I can see the mark. normally theses have numbers or marks, my question is is this mark at tdc or is this set to 8 degrees or there abouts hope you can help cheers Dave

hi cheers for reply it was my thoughts as the design of the valve to atmosphere,the valve gives the manifold a temporary air leak by design, i just wanted to check to see if i was missing something cheers Dave

hi there guys,i have my car driving ok and when braking i was getting a vacuum noise coming from under the car,found the issue it was the brake vacuum valve ,i took it apart before and there is a cardboard diaphragm inside which is very hard,i have replaced this with neoprene rubber end of noise,my question is upon braking i get a slight misfire /shudder from the engine for a few seconds then disappears until braking again,this is sucking in air via the diaphragm to atmosphere thus making it miss etc,to me this looks like the design of the system, is this correct
cheers Dave

many thanks for taking time to look in to this for me the number doesn't seem be right 186083 the seal dimensions seems wrong i will o/d 78mm bore 46mm depth 14mm i managed to get the dimensions of the seal i found an old one this is what i measured cheers Dave