RO Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...;category=34199 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Looks like a Mason jar for canning tomatoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 It's probably part of a Brake-Bleeding kit. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Harlin Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Clipper 47---RICKL------Wrong, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Harlin Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 RO The e-mail I sent U came back? Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RO Posted September 26, 2004 Author Share Posted September 26, 2004 Should be fixed now; we changed servers awhile back and I had not edited the address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Okay, Jack, What Is It? <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy Berger Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Folks, here's a pic of mine installed. Bought from Max Merritt - might be the one Brian was looking at! I left enough of orig photo for orientation.YFAM, Randy Berger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Randy, The jar looks almost empty. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />Do you keep it that low or was picture taken when it happened to be low?*Looks like that would be a good thing to have.*So, the fitting on lower end of copper tube is just taped into master-cyl. Cap, Correct? I think that would be fairly simple to make, if kits are no longer available. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RO Posted September 27, 2004 Author Share Posted September 27, 2004 That reminds me of the "TMFLI". The TMFLI came out in about 1973-74 and was a Transmission Fluid Level Indicator. I actually installed one on my '68 Charger for a few years nut there was not adequate engineering in it for the device to last and at the time I wasn't into trying to maintain its function. But a little reservior was mounted on the firewall from which a tube went down into the dipstick of the tranny to the level of 1/2 pint. Then another hose went from the top of the PLASTIC container to a vaccum source. You start the engine, the fluid was sucked up against a switch that turned a red light off on the dash when it registered the correct amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy Berger Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 The kits are a little pricey. Normally the fluid goes to the black line which is just a piece of tape. It is a "Ball" jar, but I cannot find that number anywhere on the internet. Yes, a simple mechanism to make - making sure that master cap doesn't leak is the problem. The pickup tube extends down into the jar almost all the way so it siphons from the bottom. It's fun to hear some dud explaining to wife/GF that it is a windshield washer or injects fluid into the manifold for better mileage, etc. Especially since I use silicon brake fluid and the lady asks why the fluid is purple - Ha!(as Mr. Harlin says. ) I don't correct them unless they ask - don't like to bust someone else's bubble. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />YFAM, Randy Berger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Harlin Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 R.O & RICK LSorry, I couldnt answer. I sent e-Mail to RO with an answer, but it came back. Was just having a little fun but it bit me. We just got our power back after 43hrs from this last storm. It is nothing but a mess. I had no structure damage & we are all ok.Neighbors around me were not so lucky. Again I'm sorry for fooling around. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55PackardGuy Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 WAS the washer fluid in a jar? I recall a broken jar in the engine compartment of our Clipper and always ASSumed it had been for washer fluid and got broken somewhere along the way. I doubt if it was for brake fluid, or there would've been a catastrophe.Would the brake fluid reservoir provide any margin of safety if the Treadle Vac failed, as per other threads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCraigH Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WAS the washer fluid in a jar? I recall a broken jar in the engine compartment of our Clipper and always ASSumed it had been for washer fluid and got broken somewhere along the way. I doubt if it was for brake fluid, or there would've been a catastrophe.Would the brake fluid reservoir provide any margin of safety if the Treadle Vac failed, as per other threads? </div></div>There was another option on 1955-56 (maybe earlier) Packards which did use a similar, but larger jar for the windshield washer option. My 55 Pat came with same, but I took it off for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was that I didn't want the wipers "grinding" dirt into the windshield with or without fluid squirted onto it.WRT to whether this would help the dreaded T-V "out of fluid" problem...maybe if it happened slowly enough. If it happens quickly, i.e., during a single drive, then methinks that your are [color:"red"] SOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBL Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 That looks like a cool thing to use as the remote reservior for the brake conversions...Hmmm? Hey Jack...Glad to see everythings OK over in Dover. We faired ok No damage to my Packard....fingers were crossed because it was outside. Got power back last night around 10PMTimMBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_PackardV8 Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Randy, what are those 2wo gauges mounted at the firewall in the pic???? One of them looks like a vacuum gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy Berger Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Keith, your eyes are as sharp as ever. The gauge on the left is a vacuum gauge - nice for tuneups, carb adjust, etc. The other one is a direct reading oil pressure gauge. When I first got the 400, it had a Clipper sending unitand obviously the gauge didn't read properly. I installed the direct-reading gauge tapped into the main oil gallery. I did have another gauge hooked up to the heads and had valves in the lines so I could read the oil pressure off each head independently. I had to shut off both valves when actually running because the gauge was a 0-30 and I would have blown it. They were both oil-filled gauges. I removed the gauge to the heads to make room for the brake reservoir. Good eyes, Keith. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />YFAM, Randy Berger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Speedster Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Yes, I feel that a Vacuum guage is one of the most important engine monitoring instruments there is. Once you learn what it's jumps and swings are telling you, of course. I try to put one somewhere on all my cars, in dash, under dash, under hood, etc., with an extra in the trunk. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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