Re: Resurrecting my 56’ Patrician
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Home away from home
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The seats look great! I wish you were closer and I would put you to work on my 1956 Clipper! The skins are made but need to be installed once I clean up the springs.
On the carpet, maybe the supplier thought that all 1956s were created alike but senior models such as the Patrician had a larger rear floor. The 1956 Clipper and by default the 1956 Packard Executive which was based on a Clipper Custom had a 5” shorter wheelbase which was primarily in the rear doors and rear floor.
Posted on: 10/18 17:47
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Re: Resurrecting my 56’ Patrician
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Just can't stay away
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Did something wrong just not sure what.
Installed the rack and cylinder, connected the tie rods, supply lines, and steering linkage. Filled the reservoir with fluid. Started the engine. Waited for it to warm up and attempted to turn the wheel lock to lock to bleed the system. But. The wheel is very hard to budge, let alone go to lock. And yesterday the steering wheel became possessed. It would turn about 20 degrees left to right back and forth. I didn’t even want to reach through to turn off the key. This morning no possession but still hard. The wheels never moved for the months the rack was out, but the steering wheel may have. I insured the wheel was level (horn ring) when I assembled the rack, but didn’t test rotations right to left to find center. I have downloaded this illustration and will confirm proper small hose connection between rack and cylinder. Other than that I am lost. Attach file: Plate-31C-Steering-“Bendix-Power-Steering”-5560-80-56th-Series.jpg (131.87 KB)
Posted on: Today 12:28
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