If there was one in my area, I would:)
Problem I have, is that in my area, nothing lasts 5
years because of the road salt. All the Imperials that
were sold anywhere near me have long since rusted
away.
My Dodge was imported from down south, and has a 100%
mint body (Perfect paint, no rust or dings ANYWHERE).
Looks like it just left the production line, and
entered a hot rod shop (hehe). The tranny is the only
thing wrong with the car. 'course that's a big
problem, but, the rest is just in such nice shape
(urg!)!
--- Chris Boekhout <charger69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Or, you could just scrap that dodge and buy an
> Imperial!
>
> Chris
> 72 Lebaron
> 71 Lebaron
> etc,etc.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Gathmann" <jim_gathmann@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "3.3 3.3" <mopar33lv6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> "ImperialList ImperialList"
> <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "EEK EEK" <eek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 11:08 PM
> Subject: IML: Fun Again
>
>
> > Well, tonight I had to take the car out for a
> drive.
> >
> > The weather had been nice all day, warm enough so
> that
> > I could actually wash my car (for the first real
> time
> > since around sept.). Just had to get all that road
> > salt off:(
> >
> > Took me about 9 hours to clean up, and when I was
> done
> > I grabed the fancy grill I picked up for the
> Dynasty
> > and restored it and painted it (metalic gold).
> >
> > Got the grill on after it dried, and I was out to
> have
> > fun with the car. Temperatures warm enough to
> prevent
> > the ol' A604's 7176 from being sluggish, yet not
> warm
> > enough to cook the tranny or anything else.
> >
> > Did a fast acceleration at a light... car stopped
> > accelerating, kept getting spark, problem was the
> > tranny. Back into limp mode (urg!). Was in and out
> of
> > limp mode for the whole 15 minute drive home.
> >
> > Been thinking about my possible problems, here's
> what
> > I'm down to...
> > 1) I know I blew reverse to kindom come, it's
> possible
> > that I've got parts of reverse floating around in
> > there, causing problems with foward drives and
> putting
> > me in limp mode.
> > 2) The speed sensor(s) may be off, putting me into
> > limp mode, or some other electrical issue
> > 3) I have reason to believe that my tranny cooler
> is
> > clogged and is baking the tranny at times
> > 4) I have also sprung a 7176 leak somewhere (and
> that
> > stuff is expensive for tranny fluid!).
> >
> > So I'm in a bind. If I get a rebuild or replace
> the
> > tranny, that throws a monkey wrench the size of
> the
> > moon in the car budget for this year, which means
> all
> > my other cool ideas would be put off for a
> significant
> > amount of time.
> >
> > OR, I could use an external tranny cooler (so I
> know
> > the one being used isn't clogged) with an inline
> > filter, have a local shop check the TCM for codes
> and
> > have them flush my tranny's fluids, fix the leak
> (if
> > possible) and clean out any parts of reverse
> floating
> > around in there, and have them check all the A604
> > electronics. Then, just MAYBE, I may be able to
> keep
> > the tranny running (so long I stay out of reverse)
> > until next summer (not this coming summer, but the
> one
> > after). I may also have the dealer stick a new
> > soloniod pack in there as well, as I'm pretty sure
> > mine is at least half way clogged for most of the
> > forward gears/drives.
> >
> > Figure the $200 in parts, plus maybe 100-200 in
> labor
> > for the fix attempts would be cheaper then the
> $300+
> > for a replacement tranny and the $300-700 to swap
> the
> > two, and either would be cheaper then the $1800-3k
> for
> > a rebuild.
> >
> > On the plus side, if I do end up replacing the
> tranny,
> > the external filter & cooler can be used still, so
> > that cost is not in vain, and I'd have the old
> tranny
> > to play around with. I'm thinking I might be able
> to
> > get a 3 spd for the 3.0 and cut off the bell
> housing
> > to see if I can re-attach it to the A604's and
> vise
> > versa... thus giving me a 3 spd which could bolt
> onto
> > the 3.3- OR, I could grab a A606 and see if I can
> > squeeze it's internals into the A604 (and by the
> way,
> > I found out what makes the A606 stronger- it uses
> a
> > drive chain as opposed to whatever the A604 uses,
> or
> > so said someone in one of the allpar forumns).
> >
> > All I can say is OUCH! There goes my money I had
> lined
> > up for the supercharger, MS parts, and side pipes!
> > Maybe if I got a 3rd and 4th job........
> >
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