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Friday 3rd July 2009

Chased around this morning for the fitting for the wheel cylinder. Pirtek at Rydalmere didn't have it but they pointed me in the direction of Brake-Pro at Parramatta who also didn't have it! Instead they were able to cobble together two fittings into one that should fit but the trouble was it didn't! However Wade determined that the hose fitting would work directly in the wheel cylinder so that path was pursued. And at one stage, while bleeding the brakes, had "no pedal". Although the master cylinder had been refilled with silicone fluid, there was air in the line which caused some heart palpitations before it was all bled out. So now I'm ready for the run to Kembla Grange which is about a 200 km round trip, should be a nice Sunday drive.

Yesterday after I left Wade had partly mounted the other new rear spring shackle in Big Red. As well, he worked on the boom-gate motor which has been giving trouble for some time. Found the problem to be bearings on the motor. One had square balls, well they felt that way, while the other was seized. This morning John picked up a pair of bearings which Wade installed and then re-assembled the motor and the boom operating mechanism. Probably will be re-mounted on it's pedestal next week.

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After 2 years of entries, replies and much enjoyment I've asked BigKev to close this thread. It's well served it's purpose in showcasing to the Packard world my so called '41 120 Coupe "restoration". However posting on all things Packard including the Coupe, which is on-going process, will continue. As well as many un-Packard but related matters in the "Wades Workshop" thread here in the Project Blogs Forum. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's contributed during the course of this journey to making it such a pleasurable and enjoyable experience.