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Photo of broken roller bushings on my 32/901 engine. Many of the 16 total rollers had the same issue, so was overdue for this service, glad I caught this before it was too late.

Dave: Definitely was the cam rollers, some bushings came out in pieces. Fair warning for anyone with a suspect cam roller issue. New ones do not have separate bronze bushings, just plain bearing surface of the hardened steel roller which should last longer.

Yea, I thought the cam roller might be the culprit also, especially as the oil pressure increases. My parts list only shows the bottom end of the pump not the drive gear. I know there are bushings in it, so that was my target. Interesting thing happened however, I went to a car show today about 15 m...

Does anyone have a cut away of the oil pump/distributor drive gear area for a 32 Standard 8 engine ? I have developed a woop, woop, woop sound to the ear at idle. The sound becomes a soft knocking sound when I use a stethoscope at the center of the engine just below the valve cover. I suspect the ca...

Adam, just a note to tell you that your suggestion was spot on. I did as you suggested and it went from 4th to 3rd as easy as going up. Thanks for the info. Took a Top 10 trophy on Saturday to boot.

I drive my 32 straight 8 at 45 to 50 on open roads, but never 4 lane interstate type high speed roads. With mechanical brakes and mechanical steering it is just not a good idea. I also avoid crowded 2 lane state highways and keep a good distance between the next car ahead. An accident in any of thes...

Thanks Adam, I will try that. Car is up on stands now, so it may be a couple of weeks before I can test that.

Yea, mine is a 4 speed but I don't use 1st as recommended by Packard for regular driving. As I said, it works great going up, but not down. I wait till very low speed, then pause in neutral, then ease it into 3rd, a little grind, but it does go in.

Dave: Speaking of 32 trans, and the syhcro, should you be able to downshift these transmissions ? Mine is fine going up, but will always grind coming down, even double clutching does not work. Is this common ? or repairable ?

Actually Fred at Max Merritt saw the difference, so he asked me what other 9th series cars that may be the same. Without actually measuring them you might not see the difference. Could it be that different models used a new part number, but the part was actually the same ?