I'd keep the "growl". Wishing you the best with your car. --- Donn Reese <DReese@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > The whole thing started in April with me rescuing > the poor thing from my friend's "field of cars" - > one of about five vintage cars he has sitting in the > grass. After a new master cylinder and brake bleed, > new fuel pump, some general maintenance, as well as > a rebuilt transmission - the ol' car finally hit the > highway last night. > > It certainly gets the attention around town. I'm > not sure if it's the fins, the acres of chrome, or > just the overall impact of "coolness" but the > Imperial sure seems to put a smile on peoples faces. > > I was pleasantly surprised how well it handles on > the road. I was expecting that the front end would > need some work but the car tracks straight with > little to no slop in the wheel. Also the brakes > seem to be performing just fine - a bit of a concern > of mine as I had never done a brake job before. > Once I get a new headliner the cabin should quiet > down a lot, currently the roof bows rattle around. > The car has a meaner "growl" to it than one would > expect from a luxury car, I suspect different > mufflers will take care of that. > > BTW, kudos to Bob Hoffmeister for looking into > transmission alternatives for me. I'm sure he spent > more time than many would tracking down a different > option for me when a local shop started giving me > troubles. I finally found a different local guy who > knew what he was doing so I didn't go with Bob's > option; but I wanted to put a plug in for how > helpful he was......and I'll be putting in an order > with him for some parts I need soon. > > I'm having trouble with the turn signal switch. > It's not staying "on" in either direction, I have to > hold it most of the time. Or if it does stay "on", > it doesn't shut off after completing the turn. Can > anyone give some advice on the best way to repair > it, or is a new one in order? Also at idle the turn > signals blink rather slowly, speeding up with an > increase in engine RPM. The tranny shop set the > idle a tad lower than I'd prefer but even so it > shouldn't affect the blink speed much, if at all. > Could this just be a corroded wiring issue - too > much resistance in the system? > > Donn Reese > 1960 Custom 4dr hardtop > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm