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To packard v8

I ended up using the original 1954 valve which was the best of the 3 valves I now had , the replacement valve sent by the supplier was ok but in my view not as good as the original ( this car shows only 41,000 miles and I reckon its a true reading and the valve like most of the rest of the car reflects that low mileage . The BTV has now been back in the car for over a month and I have been starting the car and checking the pedal every couple of days with no sign of pedal pressure loss . Meanwhile I have finally got the car registered for road use to-day and will be seriously testing everything especially the brakes . If there are any problems I'll let you know

Regards Chris

To Fred Kanter

Obviously I do not have the the faith in the law that you do

regards Chris

Starliner.
There is another Packard owner in Oz with similiar BTV problem on his 55 Carib. He is Packard34 on this forum. Maybe the two of u can get together and compare parts and technical issues and share back with us.

Here is a link to his recent BTV experience:

https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3867&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&type=&mode=0&start=0

Do u have a Ford Starliner too???

In Post #1 starliner shows 2 compensator valves and Eric Boyles/Turbopacman soon, by post 6 or 7 tells all of us they are made in China or Mexico, following his relentless rants aopbut the poor quality of foreign parts.

On post #11 ( I think) I show 3 valves, #1 being an old Bendix supplied one from the 70's and ask Eric, with his ability to tell th country of manufacture by looking at a low resoluiton photo on a computer, to tell all of us what countries there were made in. His eventual reply was that it was unimportant because BTV's were no good anyway. Strange, because in another post he says he will make a video on rebuilding BTV's for all of us to see "within a week". Well that never happened, surprised?

Now, the information you all have been waiting for ............#'s 2 and 3, also made in the USA.

BTV no good Strike one
valve #2 Canada or Mexico Strike two
valve #3 Canada or Mexico Strike three

In another post someone offered "proof" that the auto companies who had been using BTV's for 8 years realized they were no good/dangerous as by 1961 they stopped using them. What happened is called progress, no doubt a better item came along, namely a simpler power unit with a manual master cylinder bolted to the front of it. Spell "CHEAPER"

NO doubt it was more reliable but cheaper and in GM's case mostly made in-house was the clincher.

Fred Kanter
Freind of the Truth

To: Starliner

So you are hesitant to name the supplier who might be putting many of us at risk of an accident or worse because you don't have the faith in the legal system I do. HMMMM, I am presuming the supplier is in the US and you live in Australia. US courts have no juristdiction in Australia for a start.

Next, send my a private email with supporting information adn I'll publicize it and take the risk. Fair enough, we both get waht we think is right. You are protected adn all of Packardom is also informed.

Fred Kanter

Fred Kanter writes:
"... ask Eric, with his ability to tell th country of manufacture by looking at a low resoluiton photo on a computer, to tell all of us what countries there were made in. His eventual reply was that it was unimportant because BTV's were no good anyway. Strange, because in another post he says he will make a video on rebuilding BTV's for all of us to see "within a week". Well that never happened, surprised?"

Answer:
Someone please correct me if i am wrong but it is my understanding that Eric has been censured from this forum. So he will not be able to participate in any way. In one short correspondence from him i got the impression that he would like to have all of his content of this forum deleted just like Guschas content is deleted. CONTACT ERIC for further details.

Bottom line. There is no point in wasting band-width requesting his participation if he is no longer serving.

Hopefuly, that will change in the near future.

I hope that Eric's material isn't deleted. The coherency of the blogs withoutedit his input might be distorted. I suspect that with time we may see him again in the cyber future. Perhaps as Sparticus II. This is the call of the Webmaster.

To Packard V8

Not sure if you're referring to me, but read my post carefully, I didn't request Eric's participation. I reported his evasion from answering a question and his failure to fulfill a promise to post a video of a BTV rebulild. Reading many past posts this does not seem unusual.

Now that the posts have "righted" themselves we can all examine the subjects and help each other to find solutions instead of untangling half-truths.

Fred Kanter

To Packard V8

Thanks I will look him up and my starliner is a 53 Stude hardtop .

Regards Chris

Fred Kanter - you might want to check out Ross Miller's nicely done program on rebuilding the Bendix TreadleVac. It's on this site, go to "Literature and Manuals" and then to "Tech Tips".