The screwdriver with the flashlight would have helped today. Will see if I can find one in any tools catalog. Ken --- RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote: > That reminds me of how my little brother used to "play" with the push > buttons on my Mother's car (1960 Imperial) when it was parked in the > garage. Every now and then she would get in the car, only to find that > the push buttons didn't work. I think my little brother would try to > push more than one of them in at a time. > > Anyway, my mother became very skilled at taking the push buttons apart > in that car and re-installing them on their respective levers. My Dad > bought her a little screw driver kit with a "Phillips" head and a > flashlight built into it. I believe that kit is still sitting in the > glove compartment of that car today. > > Paul > > In a message dated 7/12/2004 8:28:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ken > cleversy <cleversy@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >Well my 59 Imperial crown decided to act up finnaly, and in the worst > way. > >The Neutral button wouldn't engage. It had slipped off the retaining > guide > >shifter. So I went to the the website and got a bit of help to try and > fix > >it. > > It was a great help and I spent about an hour; after printing up the > >instructions; getting the push rods to engage properly. > > I would like to add though that to help the rods out I wrapped the end > in > >heat-shrink so the metal engagement would have a better surfac to lock > >into. > > > >So far it is working good. Will inform if any problems come out of > this. > > > >As to the silver 59 Lebaron on Ebay I have someone at work interested > in > >buying it so there may be 2 imperials in the parking lot at work. > > > >Thanks again to everyone who has ever added a piece of intuitive > >troubleshooting to the site > > > > Ken Cleversy- San Diego > > 59 Imperial Crown > > > > > >----------------- 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 > > > > > >