Anyone have the part number for the factory carb conversion fuel flow meter? Mine works about 25% of the time. --Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth, '73Duster, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob P" <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 3:36 PM Subject: Re: IML: re 81 fuel flow meter / mpg readout | Has anyone had a backyard conversion with working mpg readout, or | do you need the conversion dash cluster to have the fuel flow meter work? | I am surprised there isn't a reliable substitute. My FWD mopars all had | this feature & I never had any problems. They are all EFI, but I don't know | why that should matter much. | | | >From: "Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx> | >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | >Subject: Re: IML: re 81 fuel flow meter / mpg readout | >Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:02:01 -0800 | > | >A minor correction to this post: The factory supplied conversion kit DID | >include a fuel flow meter in the line from the (ugh, how primitive!) | >mechanical fuel pump to the (ditto!) carburetor to supply the information | >to | >the digital MPG readout, but these seldom work for long. | > | >Dick Benjamin | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: mark ollerton <imperialboy@xxxxxxxxx> | >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | >Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:23 PM | >Subject: IML: re 81 fuel flow meter / mpg readout | > | > | > > hi bob, | > > when a fuel injected 81-83 is converted to carb you | > > lose the mpg,& fuel range to empty display readouts. | > > this is because there is no longer the fuel injection | > > computer to measure all this.(basically- i know theres | > > more to it than that but i don't think its interesting | > > enough to go into any more detail!) | > > you do retain the readout for amount of fuel in the | > > tank. | > > one of my 78 nybs had an aftermarket computer added | > > that did give instant/average mpg. i'd love to know if | > > something like that could be added to an 81-83 imp so | > > it would give back the mpg readout. | > > any body know of such a thing? | > > mark victoria & vancouver bc canada | > > 81 imp | > > 78 salon | > | > | > | > | >----------------- 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 | > | | | ____________________________________________________________ _____ | Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. | http://www.hotmail.com | | | | ----------------- 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 | |