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You forgot the RB 383 in 1959!!
Put that flex fan in the junk pile. They kill! I had one louvre the hood of my truck. They're notoriuos for flying apart. Put a stock fan on. Bump...
A flower bed!
Use a drum/drum master but make sure it has a small bore like 15/16 or 1 inch. Pipe in 10 lb residual check valves if your new master doesn't have...
Guy wearing a jacket with patches of every speed part known in the universe looks at the sbc in my 56 and asks ' Does that motor have the rare 5...
Welcome!! NZ eh!! DRiving major metal too!! Awesome car for possum hunting!! Where in the land of the long white cloud do you hail from?
2 new pics showing your new 5/16 vac hose but nothing to see on the passenger side. Guess we need to just guess what you did with the vac lines...
Where's the pics!!
Is that when it's cold?
Was the motor still cold or did you let it warm up a bit? You have no choke!
Yes
It's a cheap shifter but fixable. In your pic that big bolt that goes thru the arms then into the bracket needs to be tightened up. Just enough...
Possible vacuum leaks. Don't worry about fine tuning your carb yet! That's for later.
Use a full length of 5/16 vacuum hose. It'll fit on the carb and with a little spray of wd40 in the end of the hose then the hose should slip on...
Probably nothing wrong with your carb!! A list!! 1. Set both idle mixture screws on the carb at 2 turns from bottom. 2. The vaccuum line from your...
Searched on packard info forum for points. You probably already have. Here's the link....
Not sure on the model. He's had it 40 years!! Was repainted with laquer 20 years ago after some fool with a Turdota wacked the drivers rear...
I went and looked at my neighbour Karl's 52. Pic included. On his distributor 2 bolts attach the dizzy to the block and there's a clamp you loosen...
If it's spitting back out of the carb do it! Advance it. Won't hurt.
BING!! Light bulb just went on! I had a slant six that did just about all the things yours does. A real head scratcher. Turns out the bearings...
A word to the wise about using ether. Get her rolling over before you give it a little shot. Ether can make a big lump outta your 8 if you're not...
The idle adjustment screw is on the drivers side. It faces upward. Turn it in cw about 3 turns. It should stay running that way. Then you can turn...
We wouldn't steer you wrong on your parts. Used it myself. Did you check out the vacuum advance? Did you adjust your carb with a vacuum gauge?...
Use a mirror and shine a flashlight into it and angle the mirror behind the head. Super easy to see the numbers that way.
Yup! Suck! Blow! Rod!! I got it all in one post. LOL!!!
When you put the carb back on make sure you put a gasket on first then the plate then another gasket then the carb. Set the carb on and put the...
Pop off the distributor cap. Hook your vac hose up to the pot and suck on it real hard. you should see the point plate move. If it doesn't move...
Do you want to know how to check out your distributor vacuum pot while you wait?
No! Steel is better! Stays rigid! Doesn't bend! Stays flat!
Google southern california speed shops. 10 pages and counting. Should be something near you.
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