Re: 55 Patrician Conked Out While Idling, Won't Start
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not much to checking if the dizzy is loose. just see if it turns by hand. it should be rock solid and not able to turn by hand.
if it is loose...just slowly turn it by hand one way and then the other while someone cranks the motor over. eventually you will find that sweet spot where the motor will run. then you can set it with a timing light. there is a chance it was not tightened down well enough and has slowly moved out of wack and moved the timing out of spec. could be why you are getting back firing as well. i have done this myself....i set the timing and forgot to bolt down the locking clamp on the dizzy and few engine starts later and it vibrates out of timing.
Posted on: 2017/3/8 11:44
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1937 Packard 138-CD Deluxe Touring Limousine
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Re: 55 Patrician Conked Out While Idling, Won't Start
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Thanks for the tips!
With this garbage weather, though (2 feet of snow coming) and my garage being tiny and unheated I'm gonna let this sleeping dog lie. I've got the battery tender hooked up and I'm just waiting to hear from the mechanic when he's ready. What I'm most looking forward to is some decent weather and getting the car all polished up and shining - gonna be a stunner. It's been easy to forget I own a Packard with it being locked up for almost a month now lol
Posted on: 2017/3/13 5:39
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Re: 55 Patrician Conked Out While Idling, Won't Start
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Well if it's not one thing it is another, the mechanic I was waiting on got injured so he won't be able to help. Too bad, too, because he was close by. He doesn't have anyone to recommend to me.
Anybody have a recommendation in the Central NJ/Bucks County PA area for a mechanic? I'd like to get this running by May. I known it's probably something simple, but it is something beyond my (very limited) knowledge base so I want to trust this to a professional rather than tinker with it and make it worse.
Posted on: 2017/4/5 7:05
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Re: 55 Patrician Conked Out While Idling, Won't Start
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I had an issue with the ceramic fuel filter near the carb when I first got my 55 Clipper. It needed a good soak in carb cleaner to clean it out. Not sure if you cleaned or replaced that but another thing to check. Good luck.
Posted on: 2017/4/6 12:47
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1955 Packard Clipper Super https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/registry/index.php?Action=view&ID=1515
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Re: 55 Patrician Conked Out While Idling, Won't Start
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Found another one! Actually found a few, so now I have backups in case someone else gets injured!
I'm so overprotective of this car, I think I need to unclench a bit about it lol
Posted on: 2017/4/6 13:31
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Re: 55 Patrician Conked Out While Idling, Won't Start
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Worn distributor bushings. Always overlooked but easy the check.
Posted on: 2017/4/6 14:15
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VAPOR LOCK demystified: See paragraph SEVEN of PMCC documentaion as listed in post #11 of the following thread:f
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This is a very low mileage car, impossible that the dist bushings are worn out
Posted on: 2017/6/8 14:46
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Re: 55 Patrician Conked Out While Idling, Won't Start
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improbable, not impossible.
Posted on: 2017/6/8 15:43
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1937 Packard 138-CD Deluxe Touring Limousine
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When I speak, I speak from knowledge. We owned this car from about 1970 to the time this winter when we sold it to Trevor and knew the car from end to end. When we readied it for sale to Trevor we went over the car very thoroughly to assure it was road ready and reliable including checking the ignition on a dwell meter and adjusting the points.
When it left our shop it was running well and it was flatbedded the 60 miles to his home. I will again say it is impossible that the distributor bushings wore out on his few around town drives in Trenton, perhaps 5 to 10 miles.
Posted on: 2017/6/9 8:12
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