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53 Cavalier

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

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Oh yeah, those are definitely bad! I have a feeling you have found your problem!

Clean them up well, reinstall, set your gap and give them a try.

When you asked NAPA about points did you give them their part number, or the make and model of your car? They may have your points and just don't know it. ECH CS777A should be NAPA's part number for Delco distributors. I think you have a Delco, right?

Posted on: Today 15:17

53 Cavalier

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

#132

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scauzone wrote:
Cleaned per the video.

Not great condition, but should be good enough for now!

Posted on: Today 15:18

53 Cavalier

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

#133

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Now that I look I see you have a set of CS 777A, but they are not the right ones. Do you have an Auto-Lite distributor?

Posted on: Today 15:21

scauzone

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

#134

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I do have have an Auto-Lite distributor. I cleaned the points up better now that I see what they're supposed to look like. Still some pitting. I'll put it on along with the new parts.

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Posted on: Today 15:33

scauzone

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#135

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Should I clean anything in here?

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Posted on: Today 15:36

53 Cavalier

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

#136

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Should I clean anything in here?

For now I would just worry about cleaning up where the points ride on shaft. Put a tiny bit of grease on there as well.

At some point in the future it may be a good idea to pull your distributor and clean it all up as it looks a bit crusty in there.

The parts cross reference shows your points as Echlin CS-16 for your Auto-Lite distributor. NAPA can get those for you.

Posted on: Today 15:40

scauzone

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

#137

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Okay I'll do that. Dielectric grease?

Which screw needs to be loose and which one tight while setting the points? I can't seem to get a gap of .17 with my feeler gauge. It's too tight.

Cs-16 unavailable. Cs-16 provided me with cs206 which is wrong.

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Posted on: Today 16:06

53 Cavalier

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

#138

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A little dielectric will be good.

Here's a video on setting points, a bit different style points, but same principle.

youtu.be/BC3nmuXdEuI?si=AQ6Wuv-o-xQC5UYk

Posted on: Today 16:13

scauzone

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

#139

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Thank you. Video helped. I was able to set gap to .17 on the points. I replaced the condenser, rotor, and cap. I put the inline spark tester on cylinder one. I still don't have spark.

I'm going to check the point gap again and then follow the other procedure on this thread.

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Posted on: Today 16:53

scauzone

Re: 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe - No Start. Need guidance/assistance.

#140

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Voltage supply side of coil to battery ground - 4.9 volts while cranking.

Distributor wire side of coil to positive battery terminal .65 volts while cranking.

Posted on: Today 17:14

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