Re: IML: Its Alive: Or Was 69 IMP

["Tony Fortner" <keith_f79@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

  I agree with David.  I think that maybe you should check the starter.  If 
your battery cable is heating up I am thining that it is taking too many 
amps to try and turn the  starter.  They are a pretty easy find and I think 
that woudl solve your problem.  Although....I am not really fond of 
replacing a starter on a 69 imperial.  they are a bit of a pain but to get 
in and drive them afterwords makes it all worthwhile!

                                                   Tony Fornter
70 imp
71 imp
90 imp

> From: "jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: IML: Its Alive: Or Was  69 IMP
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:14:23 -0700
>
> The starter has sounded unusual since when the original Holley was still on 
> the car. The car has sat most of the last 4 years because it wouldn't quite 
> pass emissions & when trying to get it to start, it took some effort. After 
> much cranking last year, the starter sound get higher pitched all of a 
> sudden & the cranking speed got fast then slow etc. With all the talk of 
> jumping time on these cars, I feared this to be what was wrong. After 
> getting it to start, it ran awful & now started leaking a lot of gas out of 
> a pressure regulator someone had added. That's the way it has sat until 
> now, nearly a year later.
>
>  I've had a new Carter carb on the shelf for the past 3 years & finally 
> decided to do the swap. I had feared the problem of the 5/16 to 3/8 fuel 
> hose connection, but found that the 5/16 hose easily went onto the end of 
> the 3/8 filter. I poured some gas into the new carb & the engine started 
> right up & ran very smooth without any adjustments to the new carb. Even 
> with the A/C running, it ran strong  & smooth.  I was going to take it onto 
> the street for a little test, but decided to try shutting it off & restart 
> first. All I got was errr  errrrrr  erraaaa. Even with a battery charger 
> hooked up, it didn't seem to help. The positive cable was getting very hot, 
> even after cleaning the terminals on the battery. The battery is almost new 
> & borrowed from my 60 that I had just taken for a ride.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Whitney" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Its Alive: Or Was 69 IMP
>
>
> > I love carb work.  It's one of the best things you can do for your car.
> >
> > There is a slim possibility that your newly installed carb has allowed
> > gasoline to pour into the cylinders (which does not compress), preventing
> > combustion and giving your starter fits.
> >
> > Remove one or more spark plugs and check the electrodes.  You can skip
> > number 8 if it's just too much of a pain.  Fouled?  Smell like gas?
> >
> > More likely, it's the starter or the associated wiring.  Check the battery
> > first.  Put a tester across the battery poles and make sure it's above 12
> > volts.  Not 12 volts?  Then you have a charging system problem or you need
> > a new battery.
> >
> > Clean the posts and the inside of the terminals.  Do not reattach yet.
> > Trace the battery negative post to ground wire and clean the other end.
> > Trace the wire from the battery positive post to the firewall and clean 
> > the
> > other end of that.  Then clean the positive and ground contacts on the
> > starter.  Now reattach good and tight.  Do you have 12 volts at the
> > starter?
> >
> > If it still goes rrrrr...rrrrr...rrrrr then you probably need a new
> > starter.
> >
> > Happy motoring,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >                      "jsadowski"
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> > Alive: Or Was  69 IMP
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> >
> > Now that the emissions testing for collector cars has been dropped here, I
> > decided to do the carburater swap on my 69 so I can register it. It took 
> > me
> >
> > all of 2 hours to do the whole thing & when the car started up, it ran
> > beautifully & probably smoother then it ever did the whole 10 or so years
> > I've had it. I even had the A/C on & let the car run for about 45 minutes 
> > &
> >
> > moved it forward & back a few times.
> >
> >      After I shut it off, it refuses to restart now. The tone of the
> > starter is a little strange sounding & barely turns the engine, even with
> > the good battery from my 60 in it.  I havn't had the chance to try again
> > after the car fully cools down. I'm wondering if the erratic tone of the
> > starter means its bad or do you think something else is wrong here?
> >
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