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Starter works, coil works, just no fireworks. Tonight me and my father tried to get my old 200 deluxe going. It has sat without starting for an assumed 40 years. We were able to get a few cylinders to fire, but not enough to get it spinnin'. So, tomorrow I will make some better connections, and a better fuel feed. I sure hope she will start up so I can finally hear what a straight 8 sounds like. I have goosebumps just thinking about it. This is my first Packard, and first car, so my emotions are running high. If I can get her started tomorrow I will definitely post a video.

-Garrett

Gear


AHHH. straight eights-the only way to fly.

MUCH beter sounding than those funny ugly engines bent at right angles....

Regards


John Harley

You go GearRat52. I got goosebumps just reading your post. I remember the first time I got my Packard running. Happy motoring Packardtaximan

Looking forward to it Garrett!!

Garrett,

Could it be it won't fire due to lack of compression? Can't remember, and haven't backtracked your other posts, but have you done a compression test on the engine? If "....It has sat without starting for an assumed 40 years...." valves could be stuck open, and/or broken piston rings and/or there mightn't be enough oil on the cylinder walls for the piston rings to provide a compression seal to enable ignition of the fuel mixture. Try turning the engine over to pump enough oil through the engine to enable the cylinder walls to be lubricated sufficiently. Or put about 2 teaspoonfuls of oil down each sparkplug hole and turn over to oil the walls. Then try and fire up the beast. Best would be a compression gauge and check on a cylinder by cylinder basis which would give a positive indication whether you are losing compression or not. Know it sounds all doom and gloom but the hardest part would be locating a compression testing gauge. Will either tell you that there's a problem or there isn't and it's cheap to do.

YES!!! She finally runs, and runs good. All it took was making some better electrical connections, and a better fuel feed. I couldn't hear a miss at all, so I believe she was running on all cylinders. I do think that if any mosquitoes were around, they aren't now.

See the video at
youtube.com/watch?v=CMSE81KGIh8&feature=youtu.be

Congrats! Your Packard will make a great mosquito fogger!

I'll bet that after your drive it around a while with a few full throttle blasts, that "mosquito fog" will go away.

Craig

Another congratulations. What's a little mosquito fog now and then. We pay the mosquito abatement districts to do the same thing -- you just helped out and used different chemicals -- and yours is probably cheaper and works as well.

Yes, congratulations, well done!

Great to hear her go. Congratulations. Now get some coolant in her before you have something new to cry about.