Email me privately about the vacuum can. I still have
some pieces from the 72 that Jim Stacy plundered. If
what you need is still there, you can have it for
shipping.
Kerryp
--- Jim H Fielding <bonhoffer@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You can bypass the check valve by just connnecting
> the two vacume lines
> together and it will put some function back in the
> Auto TempII. The can
> is a vacume reserve that holds the various doors and
> baffles in the
> ductwork in the proper positions at times when
> engine vacume is too low
> to do it. Without the can & check valve but with
> vacume spliced directly
> into the system, the doors will go to the right
> positions at idle but
> will want to go back to their resting state under
> acceleration due to
> lower engine vacume. That means cold air will flow
> at idle and it will
> dump to hot air under acceleraton. It ain't fun
> jury-rigging it like
> that but as a temporary fix until you locate the
> right can and/or valve,
> it beats no air at all.
>
> If originality is not a major issue, most American
> auto makers used this
> kind of setup during the 70's & 80's. Some (which I
> won't menton by
> name) used what looked exactly like a Hi-C fruit
> punch can with a check
> valve.
>
> If you absolutely can't find the right one for your
> Imperial, a workable
> but non-original substitute from another make ought
> to be available. You
> could also buy a can of Hi-C Fruit Punch, bore two
> holes in it, empty &
> wash it out and put two fitings in it for use with
> a generic in-line
> check valve. I know it sounds sick but it will
> work.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
>
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