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Check out Steeles site for a look at his reproductionshttp://www.steelerubber.com/search?c=/body-mount-pad-fittings&year=1954&make=packard If you click on the photo another window will open with an illustration having dimensions.
Posted on: 2015/9/20 22:17
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Don't know if you've seen BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan Project Blog? Not quite the same car but it will be a valuable resource for restoration questions.
Posted on: 2015/9/21 0:10
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/o[]o\ ==== ![]() Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia "Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche. 1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD 1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD 1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD 1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD What's this? ![]() Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry! Here's how! Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com |
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Hello. I am also working on a 54 Packard Deluxe Clipper sedan. I am ready to set it on fire. I bought the car in running order. Drove it home and the fuel pump went out. Bought a new one from Max Merritt, it pumps until I hook up fuel, then nothing . If I pour a little gas in the carb it fires right up. Any suggestions? Yes I have gas and new fuel lines. Can my battery crank too slow for it to start? Since you have the same car, I thought you could help me out. Thanks, Richard
Posted on: 2015/9/22 17:30
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...it pumps until I hook up fuel, then nothing
Can you clarify what you mean?
Posted on: 2015/9/22 17:41
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Thanks for the reply. Fuel pump is bolted on, without fuel lines attached you can put fingers over the inlets and feel it suck and pump when cranking the motor. When I hook the fuel lines up to it, no fuel is being pumped in or out. Just to double check it might have a clogged fuel line between the tank and pump, I have attached a rubber gas line with another filter into a 5 gallon can of fresh gas, still no luck. I am at my wits end.
Posted on: 2015/9/22 18:33
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G'day Richard France,
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Posted on: 2015/9/23 2:25
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/o[]o\ ==== ![]() Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia "Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche. 1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD 1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD 1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD 1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD What's this? ![]() Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry! Here's how! Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com |
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I'm at a loss on the pump issue. If you have suction at one of the bottom side ports does it stay when you stop cranking and only release when you remove your finger. Does the corresponding outlet port have pressure and push your finger away. If it does there should be no reason fuel is not pulled in. If either suction or pressure goes away as soon as cranking stops then possibly a valve is stuck or there is another defect in the pump.
You said you replaced the lines. Did that include the small rubber flex hose at the pump. Those are known for intermittent issues as they age. You said there was plenty of gas. There is a place on the input line in the tank that can rust and develop pin holes and admit air instead of fuel. The tank needs to be at least half full to eliminate that as a possibility. The old floating or moving debris in the tank which periodically blocks the input opening has caught many as has not having a vented fuel tank cap. Your having the issue with just a hose and aux tank makes me suspect something in the new pump may not be in order if that arrangement was connected directly to the input port on the pump and there were no air leaks..
Posted on: 2015/9/23 8:48
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Thank you for the information, I will check each of those right now. I appreciate all the help.
Posted on: 2015/9/23 8:59
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You also mentioned a filter but didn't say where you placed the new test filter. If you have one of the original ceramic in the glass bowl types in the output line near the carb those elements have been known to plug sufficiently that fuel cannot get thru very fast -- if at all. If that happened the pump could conceivably build up enough pressure in the output side that fuel can't be sucked in and thru.
Posted on: 2015/9/23 11:53
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