Re: IML: Autotemp II needed

[Jøran "slayer" Vordal <slayerking88@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you VERY much for that information Elijah. Great. I will most 
sertently buy one in aluminium. I'm really starting to get tired of the 
original one...:-))
> From Joeran Vordal, Norway.

> From: Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: IML: Autotemp II needed
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 05:25:44 -0700 (PDT)
>
> --- Jøran "slayer" Vordal <slayerking88@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > the heat and pressure causes the "black box" to
> > crack. I've tried special glue, but it didn't work
> > very long before it cracked again. I have now bought
> > a used one about a year ago, but it to starting to
> > leak now. I'm think i'm going for the new one in
> > aluminium, but I don't know where to find them.
> > Maybe somone on the list may help me with that?
>
> Buying a used AutoTemp II Servo is a waste of time and
> money.  Sorry to be so blunt, but that's just the way
> it is.
>
> The servo unit has the misfortune to live right next
> to the passenger side exhaust manifold.  Extreme heat
> and plastic don't work well together.  Many of these
> units cracked in less than a year when the cars were
> new.  There is no fix for a cracked servo--one might
> be able to seal up the crack on the outside, but there
> will still be coolant leaking into the electrical
> components on the inside.  Liquid coolant and the
> electrical/vacuum innards of the servo unit don't work
> well together either.
>
> Information about the aluminum bodied replacement
> servo unit (which is a *permanent* fix) is available
> on our club's website!  For each of the three relevant
> years (1971, 1972, and 1973), it's listed under the
> "Repair Literature" section.  For example, have a look
> at 1971 at
> http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1971/index.htm
>
> Yep, it's expensive!  But it works!  And, really, it's
> not all the expensive comparatively . . . the last
> time I bought an NOS power servo unit from Chrysler
> was in 1987 (before I knew about this replacement),
> and it cost just over $400 then.
>
> And yes, that NOS unit cracked in less than two years.
>
> But once you throw the money at the aluminum
> replacement, you can comfortably forget about any
> further worries with it.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Elijah
>
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