SECTION 1 - Engine Compartment
A Packards International Motor Car Club
official stated that the slotted end should
be mounted on the engine. Several
Packard owners, however, indicated that
the bracket was mounted with the
slotted end on the generator. One
Packard owner suggested that sagging
or deteriorating motor mounts may have
caused the engine to rock excessively
causing the bracket to hit the air duct if
the slotted end was on the generator.
Both the Packard and Studebaker parts
catalogs show the slotted end on the
generator. The Studebaker and the
Packard Shop Manuals show a front
engine view which clearly shows that the
slotted end is mounted on the generator.
A noted Packard historian and author noted that "the 1955-56 Packard parts catalog was done
in 1955, and would not show any 1956 configurations unless it was something like push button
shifters, an item that came out for 1956." That being the case, if a switch was made to reverse the
position of the adjustment arm, it would not appear in the parts or shop manuals. The most likely
place for this item to be documented would be the Service Bulletins, but I have never seen
anything on this subject.
Both of my 1956 Golden Hawks have the slotted end of the generator adjustment arm on the
engine block. Since so many generator adjustment arms were mounted with the slotted end on
the engine block, one would have to conclude that either way would be appropriate.
Reference Source:
Survey results.
Packards International Motor Car Club
Packard Service Manual, Section IX, page 2, figure 6.
Hot Rod Magazine dated April 1956, page 21.
Heater Hose Clamp
The heater hose coming from the water manifold
should pass through a small clamp mounted to the
water pump manifold bolt just in front of the valve
cover on the passenger side. The clamp is attached in
a vertical position so that the hole is on the bottom and
the curved portion of the clamp is at the top.
A photo in Hot Rod Magazine dated April 1956, page
21, shows the heater hose running behind the oil filler
tube across the top of the valve cover with no clamp
evident at all.
Reference Source:
1955 - 1958 Chassis Parts Catalog, page 3, Plate 01-4.
Motor Trend dated February 1956, page 21.
Hot Rod Magazine dated April 1956, page 21.
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