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Lookin' good Mike! Also looks like a lot of grease scraping is in order on that engine. You gonna paint the grille or have it re-chromed?
Posted on: 2009/10/3 0:53
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Mike,
You are a brave man! It appears that 'Willard' has definitely been having an "a-packard-olyptic' experience facing his personal 'end of times.' But you, our Packard Project loving friend, have begun his resurrection. So, scrape that thing-a-jig by the what-sa-ma-call-it and see it you can piece Willard back to Road-Warrior status. DanL PS - I enjoy your blog and attitude. Good Luck!
Posted on: 2009/10/3 11:37
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Oh, BTW,
Thanks for the pictures. {Otherwise, we wouldn't believe it.} Don't get lost in some of those dark places between corroded parts. DanL
Posted on: 2009/10/3 11:41
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responses first:
eric- i gave it a good once over with my handy dandy scraper, but i'm eventually gonna pull the whole thing for paint. as for the grill i'm not sure yet. danL- thankyou for posting your positive input {otherwise i wouldn't believe it}. and sorry about the dark areas as i have him in backwards and out from under my shop lights. that and like eric i seem to do most of my work between 11pm and 3am. 10/04/2009 it seems whenever i want to do something a ton of other shit pops up. i pressure wash garbage tucks early sunday morings to score a few extra bucks so i can't spend a lot of time out here tonight. also, i'm makin our lunch for tomorrow. we, my uncle and i, usually bbq when we finish and tend to alternate on who brings what. tomorrow is me i'm bringing meatloaf and smashed taters. yum! 2 lbs ground sirloin 1 cup catsup 1 cup italian bread crumbs 1/2 cup chopped onion 2 tblsp brown sugar 2 tblsp minced garlic 2 eggs beaten salt and pepper to taste preheat oven to 350 degrees mix all ingredients mush half into a baking pan thing and sprinkle mozzerella all over use other half of meat concoction to cover all the cheese and fill the pan place in oven and run to the garage. i got to eyeballin this tube deal. i used some needle nose pliers to bend the tabs on the right side straight out and gave her a little tug. nada, instead my arm slips and i find a new opponent. the cross brace thats welded diagonally across the area ahead of where the radiator sits (pic1). the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expeting different results each time. so yeah, i found out how sharp that damn brace really is. after smoking a cigarette i decided to try a set of linemans pliers instead. totally paid off as the tube slipped out nicely on the first tug. but seeing that he tube is almost as long as my pecker, i almost immediately run into the cross member (pic2). some thinking and i used one hand to twist the brace and the other to slide the tub. but now the grill, which i didn't remove. beause i have a deluxe the grill has a center piece. so i put a little pressure on it with my foot while twisting and sliding above. packard twister anyone? the tube easily slid out and immediatly barfed a rust snowcone on the ground. it was indeed clogged, but only by 1/4 inch on the very back end(pic3). i would stay and clear itout but it's been about an hour and my meatloaf needs attention. 1/2 cup ketchup 2 tblsp brown sugar mix together and coat top of loaf place back in oven for additional 10-15 mins. while i have a few more minutes i decide to clean my nuts. they are quite rusty an dirty(pic4). whilst cruising the isles of a local autoparts store i found a "new to me" product. rust evaporator sounds quite interesting. i usually use CLR but this is worth a shot(pic5). more on this later as my meatloaf is ready(pic6).
Posted on: 2009/10/4 11:32
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The meatloaf sounds and looks much better than the rust and remover. Hope it tastes as good as it looks.
Posted on: 2009/10/4 12:10
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I second the meatloaf, Mike.
Definitely better looking than all the other nasty stuff. Congrats on the distribution tube removal. Line pliers (or needle nose, or something) is needed to ease it loose. (I think I actually used a wire with a little hook to catch on of the holes in the tube to assist sliding it out. Be careful as you have the tube out. It bends easily (brass?). Also ease it back in, gingerly. One more tip from an un-named-Packard-geek. "Make sure the distribution tube is not still on your workbench when you replace the water pump." I hear it takes longer that way. Good Luck. DanL
Posted on: 2009/10/4 12:54
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Now you need to change the name of the thread from "The A'Packard'lypse" to "The Meatloaf Packard".
Posted on: 2009/10/4 13:26
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well the meatloaf was delicious however the broken water pump bolt ain't. even more was the screw extractor i broke off in it. still solving this one and trying to not have to helicoil it if i have any option. i'd bet a dollar to a donut this pump has been off in the last 50 years because this bolt looks to be cross threaded. will post pics, final solution and reassembly as soon as i can.
Posted on: 2009/10/5 22:41
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i will be following along with you as i am a new packard owner too. i started a blog also. i was going to title my blog "fudge packard" but decided against it since i didn't want to offend anyone that i need to get advice from.
i have one complaint tho' you did not shape your meatloaf into the shape of a loaf! thats weird.
Posted on: 2009/10/6 16:04
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