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After some thought I finally figured out how to do this job. I'll describe it here for future reference. You take a die grinder and cut those star washers off of the end that hold the roller on the pin. They won't come off any other way that I can see. Remove the cam roller and the press out the pin on a hydraulic press. The new cam rollers come with a groove and a circlip to hold the roller on. A much better way to do it. Press in the new pin. There is a flat side on the pin which must face the oil passage in the arm. Then just put the cam roller on the pin and a washer and the circlip. It's easy once you figure it out. Howard

Hello; I have a 1932 Packard 900 Coupe-Roadster I am restoring and I have an engine question. The engine is 319 cu inches has been overbored .020 and it's now at Effingham getting babbit. In the meantime I have noticed that the cam rollers on the rocker arms are very worn where they ride on the .375" pin. Now Egge makes the cam roller and a new pin. My question is how does one remove the cam roller and pin? Is the pin just an interference fit in the rocker arm assembly or is it pinned? There is a small pin that seems to go into the end of the rocker arm in that region but I think it may only be a plug that was inserted after drilling the oil passage. I'm not sure if Egge sends the the roller attached to the pin but if they do I guess I would only have to force the .375" pin out of the rocker arm on a press and then install the new one. Well if anybody has worked on this problem they can probably describe all of this to me better than I am doing. I was really surprised at how worn these rollers are. thanks Howard

The engine came out today without a problem. It's now resides safely in it's homemade engine stand. I had the water jacket cover off a couple of years ago and didn't break off any bolts. I like the idea of replacing them with stainless which I will do later. So far I have been able to get most buts and bolts off of this car without resorting to the die grinder or breaking them. Howard

Thanks for the info I was guessing around 800 lb. I have made an engine stand out of 2x10's in the shape of a cradle with wheels. I'll set it down on this stand supported at the engine mounts and strip the engine down from there. The body is off the car so nothing is in the way. thanks Howard

Does anybody have an idea of what one of these Straight Eights weighs? I'm about to pull mine and have looked everywhere but can't seem to find a weight on the motor. thanks Howard

It's not you, they seem to have disappeared. I don't know why either. Howard

I have a 1932 Packard Light Eight coupe-roadster that I am restoring. I now have the body and cowl off and clearly need to replace the sills. The left side was so far gone there is nothing I can use. The right side may be good enough for a pattern, well just maybe. If anyone has these sills for sale or has patterns I can make them from please contact me. petri@midwest.net thanks, Howard Petri

I have a 1932 Packard Light Eight coupe-roadster that I am restoring. I now have the body and cowl off and clearly need to replace the sills. The left side was so far gone there is nothing I can use. The right side may be good enough for a pattern, well just maybe. If anyone has these sills for sale or has patterns I can make them from please contact me. petri@midwest.net thanks, Howard Petri

Thanks for the information. Now that I know that some parts were chromed and some left in nickle its not hard to distinguish which parts are which. Howard Petri

I am about to replate the door handles on my 1932 Packard 900 Coupe-Roadster. Looking at the door hardware it seems that the outside door handle is chrome plated but the inside door and window handles seem to be nickle plated. I do not see any old chrome on the inside parts that might indicate that the chrome was rubbed away, they just seem to be all nickle. Does anyone know which parts on this car should be chromed and which may only be nickle plated? I'd put this on the Packard Club web site but I don't seem to be able to access the forum this evening. thanks Howard Petri Vincennes, IN